Title :
Bistable mode-locking in a semiconductor disk laser
Author :
Saarinen, Esa J. ; Lyytikäinen, Jari ; Okhotnikov, Oleg G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of hysteresis in a semiconductor disk laser mode-locked with semiconductor saturable absorber. It is shown that the size of the hysteresis loop can be controlled by varying the unsaturated gain.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical bistability; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; bistable mode-locking; hysteresis loop; semiconductor disk laser; semiconductor saturable absorber; Absorption; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Hysteresis; Laser mode locking; Optical bistability; Optical design; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
