Self-starting mode-locked fiber laser using biased semiconductor absorber mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5958, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-5

  Isomaki A ^a   Vainionpaa A ^a   Suomalainen, S ^a   Okhotnikov, O G ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carrier sweep out; Fiber laser; Mode locked laser; Quantum well devices; Reverse bias

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CARRIER SWEEP-OUT; MODE-LOCKED LASERS; QUANTUM-WELL DEVICES; REVERSE BIAS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 32344442720     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.622869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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