Title :
Saturable absorbers with large area broadband Bragg reflectors for femtosecond pulse generation
Author :
Tandon, S.N. ; Gopinath, J.T. ; Schibli, T.R. ; Petrich, G.S. ; Kolodziejski, L.A. ; Kaertner, F.X. ; Ippen, E.P.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Semiconductor saturable absorbers are monolithically integrated with large area high-index-contrast AlGaAs/Al/sub x/O/sub y/ broadband mirrors. The mirrors are used to self-start and mode-lock a Cr:Forsterite laser generating 30 fs pulses.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chromium; distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; laser mode locking; monolithic integrated circuits; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; 30 fs; AlGaAs-Al/sub x/O/sub y/; Cr:Forsterite laser; Mg/sub 2/SiO/sub 4/:Cr; broadband Bragg reflector; broadband mirror; femtosecond pulse generation; mode-lock; monolithic integration; semiconductor saturable absorber; Delamination; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Oxidation; Pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
