Title :
Effect of TPA and FCA Interplay on Pulse Compression in Silicon
Author :
Tien, En-Kuang ; Yuksek, Nuh S. ; Qian, Feng ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Irvine
Abstract :
FCA can be used as pulse compressor if it exceeds TPA at the pulse center by using sharper pulses or higher peak powers. Tripling rise time requires 7 dB more power to achieve 80 ps output pulses.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; laser mode locking; light absorption; optical pulse compression; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; free carrier absorption; laser mode locking; pulse compression; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Laser modes; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Silicon; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382694
