Fast dynamics of the p-Ge laser emission

Author

Muravjov, A.V. ; Strijbos, R.C. ; Fredricksen, C.F. ; Weidner, H. ; Trimble, W. ; Jamison, A. ; Pavlov, S.G. ; Shastin, V.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

132

Lastpage

133

Abstract

Summary form only given. The far-infrared p-Ge laser (50-140 cm/sup -1/) operating on light-to-heavy-hole transitions in crossed E/spl perp/B fields has a broad gain spectrum, which makes it promising for generating intense picosecond pulses by active or passive mode-locking. We investigated the p-Ge laser dynamics with 100-ps resolution for different laser cavities to study the feasibility of mode locking with added cavity elements.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; germanium; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; 100 ps; 50 to 140 cm/sup -1/; Ge; added cavity elements; broad gain spectrum; crossed fields; far-infrared p-Ge laser; fast dynamics; intense picosecond pulses; laser dynamics; laser emission; light-to-heavy-hole transitions; mode locking; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Physics; Radiation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675960

Filename

675960