• DocumentCode
    3317509
  • Title

    Numerical model of a vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers mode-locked by the optical Stark effect

  • Author

    Mihoubi, Z. ; Daniell, G.J. ; Wilcox, K.G. ; Tropper, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    1-4 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    91
  • Lastpage
    92
  • Abstract
    A numerical model for the evolution of a pulse inside the cavity of a laser containing a quantum well absorber is introduced. The model confirms the optical Stark effect as the mechanism behind the mode-locking of these pulses. The evolution reaches a steady state when a gain bandwidth filter is introduced to balance this effect.
  • Keywords
    Stark effect; laser mode locking; surface emitting lasers; gain bandwidth filter; laser mode locking; numerical model; optical Stark effect; quantum well absorber; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers; Laser mode locking; Numerical models; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stark effect; Steady-state; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2008. NUSOD '08. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nottingham
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2307-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NUSOD.2008.4668257
  • Filename
    4668257