Gain bandwidth characterization of surface-emitting quantum well laser gain structures for femtosecond operation

M. E. Barnes; Z. Mihoubi; K. G. Wilcox; A. H. Quarterman; I. Farrer; D. A. Ritchie; A. Garnache; S. Hoogland; V. Apostolopoulos; A. C. Tropper

doi:10.1364/OE.18.021330

Gain bandwidth characterization of surface-emitting quantum well laser gain structures for femtosecond operation

M. E. Barnes, Z. Mihoubi, K. G. Wilcox, A. H. Quarterman, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, A. Garnache, S. Hoogland, V. Apostolopoulos, A. C. Tropper (Lead / Corresponding author)

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We present a method to experimentally characterize the gain filter and calculate a corresponding parabolic gain bandwidth of lasers that are described by "class A" dynamics by solving the master equation of spectral condensation for Gaussian spectra. We experimentally determine the gain filter, with an equivalent parabolic gain bandwidth of up to 51 nm, for broad-band InGaAs/GaAs quantum well gain surface-emitting semiconductor laser structures capable of producing pulses down to 60 fs width when mode-locked with an optical Stark saturable absorber mirror.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21330-21341
Number of pages	12
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	18
Issue number	20
Early online date	22 Sept 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.021330
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2010

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