Ultrashort pulse generation by intracavity spectral shaping and phase compensation of external-cavity modelocked semiconductor lasers

被引:27
作者
Gee, S [1 ]
Alphonse, GA
Connolly, JC
Barty, C
Delfyett, PJ
机构
[1] Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Sch Opt, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[2] Sarnoff Corp, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
intracavity spectral shaping; modelocked diode lasers; optical phase measurements; pulse shaping; ultrafast pulse generation;
D O I
10.1109/3.863955
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Intracavity spectral shaping and external chirp compensation techniques were employed to generate nearly transform-limited optical pulses with a temporal duration of 250 fs from an external-cavity modelocked semiconductor laser. It was also demonstrated that intracavity spectral shaping techniques can be used for artificially tailoring the chirp of the output pulses.
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页码:1035 / 1040
页数:6
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