Frequency modulation of semiconductor disk laser pulses. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zolotovskii, I.O.; Korobko, D.A.; Okhotnikov, O.G.
• Is Part Of: Quantum electronics. Volume 45:Number 7(2015)
• Page Start: 628
• Page End: 634
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Quantum electronics -- Periodicals; 537.5
• DOI: 10.1070/QE2015v045n07ABEH015670
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1063-7818

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>A numerical model is constructed for a semiconductor disk laser mode-locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), and the effect that the phase modulation caused by gain and absorption saturation in the semiconductor has on pulse generation is examined. The results demonstrate that, in a laser cavity with sufficient second-order dispersion, alternating-sign frequency modulation of pulses can be compensated for. We also examine a model for tuning the dispersion in the cavity of a disk laser using a Gires – Tournois interferometer with limited third-order dispersion.</p> </abstract>