Title :
Numerical model of the optical stark effect as a mode-locking mechanism for femtosecond vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers
Author :
Daniell, G.J. ; Mihoubi, Z. ; Wilcox, K.G. ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
A pulse is shortened by repeated transits of a quantum well absorber in which the band-edge is detuned to higher energy. The calculated effect is consistent with the experimentally observed formation of 448-fs transform-limited pulses.
Keywords :
Stark effect; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; quantum wells; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; femtosecond vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser; mode-locking mechanism; optical Stark effect; quantum well absorber; semiconductor laser; transform limited pulse; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Semiconductor lasers; Stark effect; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (140.7270) Vertical emitting lasers;
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
