Title :
Towards wafer-scale integration of high-repetition-rate passively mode-locked surface-emitting semiconductor lasers
Author :
Maas, D.J.H.C. ; Lorenser, D. ; Unold, H.J. ; Keller, U. ; Gini, E. ; Ebling, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
The successful fabrication of quantum-dot-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors has been demonstrated in a laser running at record high repetition rates, which opens the road towards integration of the absorber into the gain structure.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor quantum dots; surface emitting lasers; wafer-scale integration; absorber integration; gain structure; high-repetition-rate passively mode-locked laser; quantum-dot-based absorber mirror; semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors fabrication; surface-emitting semiconductor lasers; wafer-scale integration; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse measurements; Quantum dot lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Wafer scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567908
