Title :
10-GHz train of sub-500-fs optical soliton-like pulses from a surface-emitting semiconductor laser
Author :
Hoogland, S. ; Garnache, A. ; Sagnes, I. ; Roberts, J.S. ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report sub-500-fs operation of a passively mode-locked diode-pumped external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser at a repetition rate of 10.014 GHz. For an incident pump power of 706 mW, the laser produced 486-fs soliton-like pulses, with an average output power of 30.3 mW. The role of the ac Stark effect in shaping subpicosecond pulses is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Stark effect; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 10 GHz; 10.014 GHz; 30.3 mW; 486 fs; 500 fs; 706 mW; ac Stark effect; diode-pumped laser; external-cavity laser; optical soliton-like pulses; passively mode-locked laser; semiconductor laser; subpicosecond pulse shaping; surface-emitting laser; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Diode-pumped laser; mode locking; semiconductor laser; ultrashort pulses;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.839464
