Title :
Sub-500 fs operation of a passively mode-locked surface-emitting laser at a repetition rate of more than 10 GHz
Author :
Hoogland, S. ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report on a passively mode-locked diode-pumped surface-emitting laser operating at a fundamental repetition rate of 10.014 GHz with a pulse duration of 490 fs. The average output power was 37.8 mW.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 37.8 mW; 490 fs; 500 fs; diode-pumped surface-emitting laser; passively mode-locked laser; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Radio frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity 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.2003.1312268
