Gain Saturation in 60-fs Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser

Adrian H. Quarterman; Keith Wilcox; Vasileios Apostolopoulos; Zakaria Mihoubi; Mark Barnes; Ian Farrer; David A. Ritchie; Anne C. Tropper

doi:10.1364/CLEO.2010.CMY4

Gain Saturation in 60-fs Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser

Adrian H. Quarterman, Keith Wilcox, Vasileios Apostolopoulos (Lead / Corresponding author), Zakaria Mihoubi, Mark Barnes, Ian Farrer, David A. Ritchie, Anne C. Tropper

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A passively mode-locked optically-pumped InGaAs/GaAs quantum well laser with an intracavity semiconductor saturable absorber mirror emits sub-100-fs pulses. Pulse energy declines steeply as pulse duration is reduced below 100 fs due to gain saturation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010
Publisher	Optical Society of America
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781557528896
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2010.CMY4
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010 - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 16 May 2010 → 21 May 2010

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Publisher	Optical Society of America
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

Conference

Conference	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	16/05/10 → 21/05/10

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Gain saturation in 60-fs mode-locked semiconductor laser
Quarterman, A. H., Wilcox, K. G., Apostolopoulos, V., Mihoubi, Z., Barnes, M., Farrer, I., Ritchie, D. A. & Tropper, A., 12 Oct 2010, CLEO/QELS: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications. New York: IEEE, 2 p. 5500820
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Quarterman, AH, Wilcox, K, Apostolopoulos, V, Mihoubi, Z, Barnes, M, Farrer, I, Ritchie, DA & Tropper, AC 2010, Gain Saturation in 60-fs Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010., CMY4, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010, San Jose, CA, United States, 16/05/10. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2010.CMY4

Gain Saturation in 60-fs Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser. / Quarterman, Adrian H.; Wilcox, Keith; Apostolopoulos, Vasileios (Lead / Corresponding author) et al.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010. Optical Society of America, 2010. CMY4 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

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Gain Saturation in 60-fs Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser

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