Dispersion-managed breathing-mode semiconductor mode-locked ring laser: Experimental characterization and numerical simulations

    Authors

    B. Resan;P. J. Delfyett

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

    Keywords

    mode-locked lasers; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor nonlinear optics; including multiple quantum wells; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultrafast pulse generation; SELF-PHASE MODULATION; GROUP-VELOCITY DISPERSION; SATURABLE ABSORBER; OPTICAL CLOCK; FEMTOSECOND; LOCKING; SPECTRUM; DYNAMICS; PULSES; PROPAGATION; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    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.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics

    Volume

    40

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    214

    Last Page

    221

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000220066900004

    ISSN

    0018-9197

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