Title :
Soliton-like pulse shaping mechanism in passively mode-locked surface-emitting semiconductor lasers
Author :
Paschotta, R. ; Haring, R. ; Keller, U. ; Garnache, A. ; Hoogland, S. ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Ultrafast Laser Phys., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We describe a mechanism to generate bandwidth-limited pulses in passively mode-locked high-power external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers (VECSELs). It involves a soliton-like interplay of nonlinear phase changes with the cavity dispersion.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bandwidth-limited pulses generation; cavity dispersion; high-power external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers; nonlinear phase changes; passively mode-locked surface-emitting semiconductor lasers; soliton-like pulse shaping mechanism; Chirp; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312191
