Title :
Dispersion-managed breathing-mode semiconductor mode-locked ring laser: experimental characterization and numerical simulations
Author :
Resan, Bojan ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Center for Res. & Educ. in Opt. & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fDate :
3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A dispersion-managed breathing-mode mode-locked semiconductor ring laser is studied. The working regime and pulse evolution at the key cavity points are experimentally characterized and numerically simulated. Linearly chirped, asymmetric exponential pulses are generated and externally compressed to 274 fs, which is within 10% of the bandwidth limit. The close agreement between the simulated and the measured results verifies our ability to control the physical mechanisms involved in pulse formation and shaping within the ring cavity.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser mode locking; laser modes; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum wells; 274 fs; asymmetric exponential pulses; dispersion-managed breathing-mode semiconductor laser; externally compressed pulses; key cavity points; linearly chirped exponential pulses; mode-locked ring laser; multiple quantum wells; pulse evolution; pulse formation; pulse shaping; ring cavity; semiconductor nonlinear optics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Bandwidth; Chirp; Laser mode locking; Numerical simulation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Shape control;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2003.823029
