Spatial hole burning in actively mode-locked quantum cascade lasers

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Kaertner, Franz X.; Capasso, Federico; Gordon, Ariel; Gkortsas, Vasileios-Marios; Wang, C.; ... Show more
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Abstract
A theoretical study of active mode-locking in quantum cascade lasers including spatial hole-burning is presented. It is found that spatial hole-burning reduces the pulse duration at the expense of slight pulse instability and strongly structured pulse shapes.
Date issued
2009-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59337
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Journal
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Gkortsas, V.-M. et al. “Spatial hole burning in actively mode-locked quantum cascade lasers.” Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. 1-2. ©2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Version: Final published version
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INSPEC Accession Number: 10859388
ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Keywords
quantum cascade, (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers
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