Analysis of laser pulse chirping in mode-locked vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.236143· OSTI ID:6198780

Jiang, Wenbin; Derickson, D J; Bowers, J E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Mode-locked vertical-cavity lasers have a large cross-sectional area and consequently a large saturation energy and large peak powers. The authors analyze excess optical bandwidth generation in these lasers and find that self-phase modulation due to optical pumping and gain saturation is the dominant factor in inducing laser pulse chirping. The large magnitude of the chirp makes intracavity prism-pair compensation difficult. Adjustment of the cavity length has a major impact on the pulse chirping, as observed experimentally. Proper adjustment can result in a large observed experimentally. Proper adjustment can result in a large linear frequency chirp which can be compensated using external pulse compression techniques.

• OSTI ID: 6198780
• Journal Information: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 29:5; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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