Title :
Extreme chirped pulse modelocked semiconductor laser
Author :
Lee, Shinwook ; Kim, Kyungbum ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics/CREOL/FPCE, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Abstract :
We demonstrate an extreme chirped pulse modelocked laser, simultaneously generating near-transform-limited 3.9 ps optical pulses and 510 ps linearly chirped output. The design overcomes fundamental limitations of energy extraction and nonlinearities induced by gain dynamics.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; energy extraction; extreme chirped pulse modelocked semiconductor laser; linearly chirped laser output; near-transform-limited optical pulse generation; nonlinearities induced gain dynamics; time 3.9 ps; time 510 ps; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.4480) Optical Amplifiers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (320.5520) Pulse Compression; (320.7160) Ultrafast technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627740
