Title :
Quantum well devices for mode-locking fibre lasers
Author :
Atkinson, D. ; Loh, W.H. ; Hopkinson, M. ; Grey, R. ; Seeds, A. ; Morkel, P. ; Payne, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
It is demonstrated that integrated semiconductor saturable absorber/cavity end mirrors can be used with doped fibre lasers to produce self-starting, passively mode-locked pulses in the 1.55 μm and 1.06 μm regions. From very simple laser configurations the authors obtained picosecond and subpicosecond pulses. These systems are of interest as investigative tools in spectroscopy and for other applications requiring short optical pulses
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser accessories; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; InGaAs; InGaAsP; InP; fibre lasers; integrated semiconductor saturable absorber/cavity end mirrors; mode-locking; picosecond pulses; quantum well devices; self starting passively mode locked pulses; subpicosecond pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Quantum Well Technologies, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
