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
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;
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.2006.4627783
