Title :
Gain saturation in 60-fs mode-locked semiconductor laser
Author :
Quarterman, Adrian H. ; Wilcox, Keith G. ; Apostolopoulos, Vasilis ; Mihoubi, Zakaria ; Barnes, Mark ; Farrer, Ian ; Ritchie, David A. ; Tropper, Anne
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A passively mode-locked optically-pumped InGaAs/GaAs quantum well laser with an intracavity semiconductor saturable absorber mirror emits sub-100-fs pulses. Pulse energy declines steeply as pulse duration is reduced below 100 fs due to gain saturation.
Keywords :
Autocorrelation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
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
