• DocumentCode
    577957
  • Title

    Theoretical demonstration of stabilization of active modelocking in quantum cascade lasers with quantum coherent absorption

  • Author

    Shimu, Samia S. ; Docherty, Andrew ; Talukder, Muhammad A. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    400
  • Lastpage
    401
  • Abstract
    We theoretically incorporate quantum coherent absorption in an actively modelocked quantum cascade laser. The laser self-starts from initial quantum noise and produces a stable train of modelocked pulses at high pump powers.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; laser noise; laser stability; optical hole burning; optical pumping; quantum cascade lasers; quantum noise; active mode locking; laser stabilization; mode locked pulses; quantum cascade lasers; quantum coherent absorption; quantum noise; Absorption; Laser excitation; Mathematical model; Noise; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358661
  • Filename
    6358661