Title :
Fiber laser mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber etalon operating in transmission
Author :
Isomäki, Antti ; Guina, Mircea D. ; Tuomisto, Pietari ; Okhotnikov, Oleg G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere
Abstract :
We demonstrate a resonant semiconductor saturable absorber used in transmission for mode-locking of fiber lasers. The cavity-enhanced modulation depth corresponding to low-loss transmission state enables a robust self-starting mode-locking highly tolerant to cavity dispersion.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; interferometers; laser cavity resonators; semiconductor lasers; cavity enhanced modulation; fiber laser mode; low loss transmission state; mode locking; semiconductor saturable absorber etalon; Fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627944
