Title :
First experimental verification of soliton-like pulse-shaping mechanisms in passively mode-locked VECSELs
Author :
Hoffmann, M. ; Maas, D.J.H.C. ; Sieber, O. ; Wittwer, V.J. ; Bellancourt, A.R. ; Rudin, B. ; Barbarin, Y. ; Golling, M. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time the detailed experimental verification of this quasi-soliton pulse formation theory in passively mode-locked VECSELs. We show that the achievable pulse duration strongly depends on the group delay dispersion (GDD), and that it is important to provide positive overall intracavity GDD for achieving short pulse durations.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; surface emitting lasers; group delay dispersion; intracavity GDD; passively mode-locked VECSEL; pulse formation theory; soliton-like pulse-shaping mechanisms; Bandwidth; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Physics; Power generation; Pulse shaping methods; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194824
