Title :
Intracavity parametric fluorescence in diode lasers
Author :
Bijlani, B.J. ; Abolghasem, P. ; Reijnders, A. ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Self-pumped parametric fluorescence was observed in GaAs/AlGaAs Bragg reflection waveguide lasers with χ(2) phase-matched cavities. With a 967 nm pump, signal and idler around 2300 nm and 1700 nm were measured respectively, with record conversion efficiency of 4176 ± 817%W-1cm-2.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; fluorescence; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; Bragg reflection waveguide laser; GaAs-AlGaAs; diode lasers; intracavity parametric fluorescence; phase matched cavity; self-pumped parametric fluorescence; wavelength 967 nm; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
