Title :
Extreme chirped pulse modelocked diode laser ring oscillator using a theta cavity design
Author :
Lee, Shinwook ; Kim, Kyungbum ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
Abstract :
We demonstrate an extreme chirped pulse modelocked laser, simultaneously generating near-transform-limited 3.6 psec optical pulses and a 510 psec linearly chirped output. The design overcomes fundamental limitations of energy extraction and nonlinearities induced by gain dynamics
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical design techniques; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; 3.6 ps; 510 ps; diode laser ring oscillator; extreme chirped pulse; linearly chirped output; modelocking; near-transform-limited optical pulse generation; theta cavity design; Chirp; Diode lasers; Laser modes; Optical design; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ring oscillators; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548164
