Title :
Intra-cavity dispersion control in passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers
Author :
Strain, Michael J. ; Stolarz, Piotr M. ; Sorel, Marc
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Intra-cavity dispersion compensation is demonstrated in semiconductor mode-locked lasers by inclusion of a chirped Bragg grating reflector. Near transform limited pulses are generated with enhanced locking bandwidths and compressed temporal durations.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser mode locking; optical control; optical dispersion; optical elements; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; chirped Bragg grating reflector; intra-cavity dispersion control; semiconductor mode-locked lasers; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Dispersion; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser mode locking; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110767