DocumentCode
412158
Title
Saturable absorbers with large area broadband Bragg reflectors for femtosecond pulse generation
Author
Tandon, S.N. ; Gopinath, J.T. ; Schibli, T.R. ; Petrich, G.S. ; Kolodziejski, L.A. ; Kaertner, F.X. ; Ippen, E.P.
Author_Institution
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
Semiconductor saturable absorbers are monolithically integrated with large area high-index-contrast AlGaAs/Al/sub x/O/sub y/ broadband mirrors. The mirrors are used to self-start and mode-lock a Cr:Forsterite laser generating 30 fs pulses.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chromium; distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; laser mode locking; monolithic integrated circuits; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; 30 fs; AlGaAs-Al/sub x/O/sub y/; Cr:Forsterite laser; Mg/sub 2/SiO/sub 4/:Cr; broadband Bragg reflector; broadband mirror; femtosecond pulse generation; mode-lock; monolithic integration; semiconductor saturable absorber; Delamination; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Oxidation; Pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298307
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