Evolution and stability of pulse regimes in SESAM-mode-locked femtosecond fiber lasers

Author

Shtyrina, Olga ; Fedoruk, Mikhail ; Turitsyn, Sergei ; Herda, Robert ; Okhotnikov, Oleg

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput. Technol., SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

One of the key technologies exploited in femtosecond lasers is the application of semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs). The SESAM technology is based on bandgap engineering and epitaxial growth and has many advantages compared to other methods. From the laser design view point it is important to know how SESAM parameters affect properties of steady-state pulses and overall laser system performance. We have performed here a massive optimization of the laser system including total gain, cavity dispersion, saturable absorber recovery time and saturation energy.

Keywords

epitaxial growth; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; photonic band gap; semiconductor growth; SESAM-mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser; bandgap engineering; cavity dispersion; epitaxial growth; laser design; laser pulse regime stability; saturable absorber recovery time; saturation energy; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; Epitaxial growth; Fiber lasers; Laser applications; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor lasers; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192672

Filename

5192672