Title :
Ultrafast pulse characterization of semiconductor single-section fabry-perot mode-locked lasers
Author :
Yang, Weiguo ; Dorrer, Christophe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Technol., Western Carolina Univ., Cullowhee, NC, USA
Abstract :
We used a time-domain modulation based technique to characterize the ultrafast pulse of the semiconductor single-section Fabry-Perot lasers. The pulse spectral phase is found time invariant and hence positively confirms the mode-locking operation.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; Fabry-Perot mode-locked lasers; mode-locking operation; pulse spectral phase; time-domain modulation; Fabry-Perot; Laser mode locking; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifier; (350.2460) Filters. Interference;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
