Title :
Sharp turn-on diode lasers
Author :
Le, J. ; Zory, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
Ridgeguide lasers were fabricated with saturable absorbing sections. It is shown that the sharp turn-on behavior of these lasers can be successfully modeled using a rate equation approach.
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical saturable absorption; ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; optical fabrication; rate equation; ridgeguide laser; saturable absorption; turn-on diode laser; Absorption; Bleaching; Diode lasers; Equations; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253138
