Time-Domain Vertical-External-Cavity Semiconductor Laser Simulation

Author

Kolesik, Miroslav ; Moloney, Jerome V.

Author_Institution

Arizona Univ., Tucson

Volume

43

Issue

7

fYear

2007

fDate

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

588

Lastpage

596

Abstract

A time-domain simulator for vertical external cavity semiconductor lasers (VECSEL) is described in detail. The core of the model employs a digital filter method to model the optical properties of the active mirror over a wide range of frequencies, temperatures, and carrier densities. The method is also applicable without modifications to the time-domain simulation of semiconductor saturable mirrors (SESAM). As an illustration, ultrashort pulse generation is simulated in two kinds of devices: in a synchronously pumped VECSEL and in a laser passively mode-locked by SESAM.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; active mirror; carrier densities; passive mode-locking; semiconductor saturable mirrors; synchronously pumped VECSEL; time-domain simulator; ultrashort pulse generation; vertical external cavity semiconductor lasers; Digital filters; Frequency; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature distribution; Time domain analysis; Disk lasers; SESAM; modeling; surface-emitting lasers; vertical external cavity semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2007.898833

Filename

4252269