• DocumentCode
    521143
  • Title

    Mode-locking build-up measurements: probing the mode-locking-mechanisms in vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

  • Author

    Wilcox, Keith G. ; Quarterman, Adrian H. ; Carswell, Stewart ; Mihoubi, Zakaria ; Apostolopoulos, Vasilis ; Chung, Aaron ; Tropper, Anne

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The pulse evolution from onset to steady state in a mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser producing femtosecond and picosecond pulses was studied. A 40-times reduction in pulse shortening rate from picosecond to femtosecond regime was observed.
  • Keywords
    Laser mode locking; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor lasers; Steady-state; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500754