Title :
Gain to absorption ratio of self-induced transparency modelocked quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Talukder, Muhammad A. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
A model to calculate the gain to absorption ratio of self-induced transparency modelocked quantum cascade lasers is presented and then used to find the gain to absorbing periods ratio that is required for stable operation.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser stability; quantum cascade lasers; self-induced transparency; gain to absorption ratio; mode locked quantum cascade lasers; self-induced transparency; stable operation; Absorption; Computational modeling; Laser modes; Laser stability; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor device modeling; Stability analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
