Title :
Development of passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber lasers using multiple quantum well saturable absorbers
Author :
Hayduk, M.J. ; Krol, M.F. ; Pollock, C.R. ; Teegarden, K.J. ; Wicks, G.W. ; Kaechele, W.
Author_Institution :
Rome Lab. Photonics Center, NY, USA
Abstract :
In conclusion we have shown that the picosecond pulse widths generated by a Fabry-Perot erbium-doped fiber laser are correlated to the slow carrier recombination lifetimes of MQW saturable absorbers. By tailoring the lifetimes of the absorbers to specific values, picosecond pulse widths can be obtained. A highly robust and variable picosecond source can be obtained by merely changing the saturable absorber back mirror of the cavity
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; radiative lifetimes; semiconductor quantum wells; Fabry-Perot erbium-doped fiber laser; MQW saturable absorbers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; multiple quantum well saturable absorbers; optical correlation; passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber lasers; picosecond pulse widths; saturable absorber back mirror; slow carrier recombination lifetimes; variable picosecond source; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Quantum well devices; Quantum well lasers; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645516
