Low saturation fluence antiresonant quantum dot SESAMs for MIXSEL integration

Author

Barbarin, Y. ; Bellancourt, A.R. ; Maas, D.J.H.C. ; Shafiei, M. ; Hoffmann, M. ; Golling, M. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A detailed QD-SESAM growth study enabled the first modelocking of a VECSEL with similar spot size on gain and antiresonant SESAM. Antiresonant designs can strongly improve MIXSELs, a novel type of ultrafast integrated VECSELs.

Keywords

integrated optics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical design techniques; optical saturable absorption; quantum dot lasers; surface emitting lasers; MIXSEL integration design; VECSEL modelocking; antiresonant QD-SESAM growth; low-saturation fluence antiresonant; modelocked integrated external-cavity SEL; quantum dot laser; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; vertical-external cavity surface emitting laser; Annealing; Laser mode locking; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Quantum dots; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (320.7080) Ultrafast devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

5225672