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Dual-wavelength channel GHz repetition rate mode-locked VECSEL cavities sourced from a common gain medium

Journal Article · · Optics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.516721· OSTI ID:2326266

Mode-locked vertical external cavity semiconductor lasers are a unique class of nonlinear dynamical systems driven far from equilibrium. We present a novel, to the best of our knowledge, experimental result, supported by rigorous microscopic simulations, of two coexisting mode-locked V-cavity configurations sourced by a common gain medium and operating as independent channels at angle controlled separated wavelengths. Microscopic simulations support pulses coincident on the common gain chip extracting photons from a nearby pair of coexisting kinetic holes burned in the carrier distributions.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
2326266
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2329565
Report Number(s):
SAND--2024-03515J
Journal Information:
Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 49; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
Publisher:
Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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