Title :
Quantum well modulators for thulium doped fibre lasers
Author :
Mottahedeh, R. ; Seeds, A.J. ; Roberts, J.S. ; Button, C.C. ; Morkel, P.R. ; Kishi, N. ; Loh, Wei H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK
Abstract :
The authors have demonstrated switching and active mode-locking of a thulium doped fibre laser using a MQW AFPM (asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulator). Additional studies have shown that exciton saturation at high intensities reduces the modulation depth obtainable from such devices significantly
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical modulation; semiconductor quantum wells; thulium; MQW modulators; Q-switching; Tm3+ doped fibre lasers; active mode-locking; asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulator; exciton saturation; high intensities; modulation depth; quantum well modulators;
Conference_Titel :
Fibre and Solid State Lasers, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
