Title :
Sub-200-fs passively mode-locked semiconductor disk laser
Author :
Klopp, Peter ; Griebner, Uwe ; Zorn, Martin ; Weyers, Markus
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The femtosecond laser performance of an optically pumped InGaAs-AlGaAs disk laser emitting around 1.04 mum was studied. Using a saturable absorber with a surface-near quantum well, 190-fs-pulses were generated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; InGaAs-AlGaAs; femtosecond laser performance; laser pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorber; passive laser mode-locking; semiconductor disk laser; surface-near quantum well laser; time 190 fs; time 200 fs; wavelength 1.04 mum; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Tail; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
