Exploring ultrafast negative Kerr effect for mode-locking vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

被引：47

作者：

Albrecht, Alexander R. ^{[1
]}

Wang, Yi ^{[1
]}

Ghasemkhani, Mohammadreza ^{[1
]}

Seletskiy, Denis V. ^{[2
,3
]}

Cederberg, Jeffrey G. ^{[4
]}

Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

[2] Univ Konstanz, Dept Phys, D-78457 Constance, Germany

[3] Univ Konstanz, Ctr Appl Photon, D-78457 Constance, Germany

[4] Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2013年 / 21卷 / 23期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; NONLINEAR REFRACTION; OUTPUT POWER; GENERATION; AMPLIFIERS; INDEX; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; ALGAAS; PULSES;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.21.028801

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present analytical considerations of "self-mode-locked" operation in a typical vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) cavity geometry by means of Kerr lens action in the semiconductor gain chip. We predict Kerr-lens mode-locked operation for both soft-and hard-apertures placed at the optimal intra-cavity positions. These predictions are experimentally verified in a Kerr-lens mode-locked VECSEL capable of producing pulse durations of below 500 fs at 1 GHz repetition rate. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：28801 / 28808

页数：8

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