Numerical simulations and FROG measurements of 185 fs pulses generated from down-chirped dispersion-managed breathing-mode semiconductor mode-locked laser

Author

Resan, Bojan ; Archundia, Luis ; Delfyet, Peter J., Jr.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

22-27 May 2005

Firstpage

1206

Abstract

Balancing of spectral and temporal semiconductor gain dynamics allows broadening of mode-locked spectra. Our numerical model accurately describes SHG-FROG measurements of 185 fs pulses generated by down chirping of a dispersion-managed breathing-mode semiconductor mode-locked laser.

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser variables measurement; numerical analysis; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; spectral line broadening; 185 fs; FROG measurement; SHG; down-chirped dispersion-managed breathing-mode semiconductor; frequency resolved optical gating; mode-locked laser; mode-locked spectra broadening; pulse generation; spectral semiconductor gain dynamics; temporal semiconductor gain dynamics; Chirp; Dispersion; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Numerical simulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05

Print_ISBN

1-55752-796-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.2005.1549080

Filename

1549080