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

Volume

40

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

214

Lastpage

221

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2003.823029

Filename

1271353