Title :
Si/Ge Semiconductor Saturable Bragg Reflectors for Integrated Mode-Locked Lasers
Author :
Kartner, F. ; Byun, H. ; Grawert, F. ; Gopinath, J. ; Shen, H. ; Ippen, E. ; Akiyama, S. ; Liu, J. ; Wada, K. ; Kimerling, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Silicon-germanium saturable absorber mirrors at 1550 nm are demonstrated. The device is used to achieve stable, continuously mode-locked operation of an Er-Yb:glass laser centered at 1540 nm, generating 220 fs pulses
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflectors; elemental semiconductors; erbium; germanium; integrated optics; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fabrication; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; silicon; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1550 nm; 220 fs; Er-Yb:glass laser; Si-Ge; integrated mode-locked lasers; pulse generation; semiconductor saturable Bragg reflectors; silicon-germanium saturable absorber mirrors; Germanium; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Semiconductor lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279020
