High-performance mode-locking with up to 50 GHz repetition rate from integrable VECSELs

Author

Rudin, B. ; Maas, D.J.H.C. ; Lorenser, D. ; Bellancourt, A.-R. ; Unold, H.J. ; Keller, U. ; Gini, E. ; Ebling, D.

Author_Institution

Ultrafast Laser Phys. Group, Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present passively mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers in a 1:1 mode ratio configuration, achieving record repetition rates of 30-50 GHz, average output powers up to 177 mW, and pulse widths as short as 2.1 ps.

Keywords

laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; high-performance passive mode-locking; integrable VECSEL; laser pulse width; laser repetition rate; mode ratio configuration; power 177 mW; semiconductor lasers; time 2.1 ps; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (250.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628044

Filename

4628044