Subpicosecond quantum dot saturable absorber mode-locked semiconductor disk laser

Keith G. Wilcox; M. Butkus; Ian Farrer; David A. Ritchie; Anne Tropper; Edik U. Rafailov

doi:10.1063/1.3158960

Subpicosecond quantum dot saturable absorber mode-locked semiconductor disk laser

Keith G. Wilcox, M. Butkus, Ian Farrer, David A. Ritchie, Anne Tropper, Edik U. Rafailov

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We report the generation of subpicosecond pulses from a passively mode locked, optically pumped quantum well semiconductor disk laser using a quantum dot semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). We obtained 870 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 895 MHz with average output power of 45 mW at 1027.5 nm. The mode locking operation was insensitive to SESAM temperature over the range of -10 to 85 degrees C, with the pulse duration variation thought to be dominated by the temperature dependence of the group delay dispersion.

Original language	English
Article number	251105
Pages (from-to)	-
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3158960
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2009

Keywords

gallium arsenide
high-speed optical techniques
III-V semiconductors
indium compounds
laser mirrors
laser mode locking
microdisc lasers
optical pumping
quantum well lasers
PULSES
POWER

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