Title :
The impact of thermal management of saturable absorber on the performance of mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers
Author :
Rantamaki, Antti ; LyytikaInen, J. ; Nikkinen, J. ; Okhotnikov, O.G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
The impact of thermal management of saturable absorber on the performance of mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers is reported. The gain element entailed 10 GalnAs quantum wells (QWs) and emitted at wavelength 1050 nm. The V shaped laser cavity comprised the gain element acting as a folding mirror, a SESAM with 2 GalnAs QWs and a 2.5 % spherical output coupler with a radius of curvature of 50 mm.
Keywords :
gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum wells; GaInAs; V-shaped laser cavity; folding mirror; mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers; quantum wells; radius 50 mm; saturable absorber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942640
