DocumentCode
2863930
Title
Intracavity gain dynamics of an external cavity multi-wavelength hybrid semiconductor mode-locked laser
Author
Archundia, Luis C. ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution
CREOL&FPCE / Coll. of Opt., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The intracavity gain dynamics of an external cavity semiconductor mode-locked laser are measured, showing how pulses corresponding to different wavelengths are temporally skewed, leading to a slow gain depletion avoiding nonlinearities, which enables multiwavelength operation.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; external cavity laser; hybrid semiconductor laser; intracavity gain dynamics; mode-locked laser; multiwavelength laser; slow gain depletion; temporally skewed pulses; Autocorrelation; Gain measurement; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Probes; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627783
Filename
4627783
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