Title :
Soliton operation of a sub-500fs passively mode-locked surface-emitting laser at more than 10 GHz repetition
Author :
Hoogland, S. ; Tropper, A.C. ; Roberts, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report on the soliton operation of a passively mode-locked diode-pumped surface-emitting laser at a fundamental repetition rate of 10.014 GHz. The pulse duration was 486 fs with an average output power of 30.3 mW.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical pumping; optical solitons; surface emitting lasers; 10.014 GHz; 30.3 mW; 486 fs; 500 fs; average output power; passively mode-locked diode-pumped surface-emitting laser; pulse duration; repetition rate; soliton operation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
