Passively mode-locked Er/sup 3+/ fiber laser using a semiconductor nonlinear mirror

Author

Loh, W.H. ; Atkinson, D. ; Morkel, P.R. ; Hopkinson, M. ; Rivers, A. ; Seeds, A.J. ; Payne, D.N.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

1993

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

37

Abstract

A nonlinear mirror consisting of an InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum-well saturable absorber integrated with a Bragg reflector stack has been used to passively mode-lock a fiber laser in an extremely simple and advantageous linear-cavity configuration. To date, pulses as short as 7.6 ps have been observed.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; 7.6 ps; Bragg reflector stack; InGaAs-InP; integrated MQW; linear-cavity configuration; passively mode locked Er/sup 3+/ fibre laser; pulses; saturable absorber; semiconductor nonlinear mirror; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Indium gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.185052

Filename

185052