Self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser

Arash Rahimi-Iman; Mahmoud Gaafar; Christoph Möller; Max Vaupel; Fan Zhang; Dalia Al-Nakdali; Ksenia A. Fedorova; Wolfgang Stolz; Edik U. Rafailov; Martin Koch

doi:10.1117/12.2216469

Self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser

Arash Rahimi-Iman, Mahmoud Gaafar, Christoph Möller, Max Vaupel, Fan Zhang, Dalia Al-Nakdali, Ksenia A. Fedorova, Wolfgang Stolz, Edik U. Rafailov, Martin Koch

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

Ultrashort laser pulses from vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) have been receiving much attention in the semiconductor laser community since the first demonstration of sub-ps-pulsed devices more than a decade ago. Originally relying on semiconductor saturable-absorber mirrors for pulse formation, mode-locked operation has not only become accessible by using a variety of saturable absorbers, but also by using a saturable-absorber-free technique referred to as self-mode-locking (SML). Here, we highlight achievements in the field of SML-VECSELs with quantum-well and quantum-dot gain chips, and study the influence of a few VECSEL parameters on the assumed nonlinear lensing behavior in the system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) VI
Editors	Keith G. Wilcox
Place of Publication	Bellingham, WA (US)
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	6
Volume	9734
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6284-1969-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216469
Publication status	Published - 13 Feb 2016
Event	Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers VI - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 15 Feb 2016 → 16 Feb 2016

Publication series

Name	SPIE Proceedings
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9734
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	2410-9045

Conference

Conference	Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers VI
Abbreviated title	VECSELs 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	15/02/16 → 16/02/16

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Invited paper
Arash Rahimi-Iman; Mahmoud Gaafar; Christoph Möller; Max Vaupel; Fan Zhang; Dalia Al-Nakdali; Ksenia A. Fedorova; Wolfgang Stolz; Edik U. Rafailov and Martin Koch. "Self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser", Proc. SPIE 9734, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) VI, 97340M (March 10, 2016).

Copyright 2016. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2216469

Funding: DFG (GRK 1782 and SFB 1083); EU FP7 program through
FAST-DOT project (contract No. 224338); and the Yousef Jameel scholarship funds.

Keywords

mode-locked lasers
self-mode-locking
Semiconductor disk lasers
vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser

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Self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser
Arash Rahimi-Iman; Mahmoud Gaafar; Christoph Möller; Max Vaupel; Fan Zhang; Dalia Al-Nakdali; Ksenia A. Fedorova; Wolfgang Stolz; Edik U. Rafailov and Martin Koch. "Self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser", Proc. SPIE 9734, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) VI, 97340M (March 10, 2016). Copyright 2016. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2216469
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Rahimi-Iman, A., Gaafar, M., Möller, C., Vaupel, M., Zhang, F., Al-Nakdali, D., Fedorova, K. A., Stolz, W., Rafailov, E. U., & Koch, M. (2016). Self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser. In K. G. Wilcox (Ed.), Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) VI (Vol. 9734). Article 97340M (SPIE Proceedings; Vol. 9734). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216469

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