Title :
Mode-locking build-up measurements: probing the mode-locking-mechanisms in vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Wilcox, Keith G. ; Quarterman, Adrian H. ; Carswell, Stewart ; Mihoubi, Zakaria ; Apostolopoulos, Vasilis ; Chung, Aaron ; Tropper, Anne
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The pulse evolution from onset to steady state in a mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser producing femtosecond and picosecond pulses was studied. A 40-times reduction in pulse shortening rate from picosecond to femtosecond regime was observed.
Keywords :
Laser mode locking; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor lasers; Steady-state; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
