Spectral broadening of mode-locked semiconductor lasers by resonator-internal pulse shaping
B. Döpke1, R.H. Pilny1, C. Brenner1, J.C. Balzer1, A. Klehr2, G. Erbert2, G. Tränkle2, and M.R. Hofmann1
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Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conf. (CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015), Jun. 21-25, Munich, Germany, ISBN: 978-1-4673-7475-0, paper CB_10_4 (2015).
Abstract:
In a modelocked semiconductor laser, resonator-internal phase- and amplitude filters are optimized for maximum spectral bandwidth using an evolutionary algorithm. Modes of operation of the laser emitting pulses with variable dispersion have been found.
1 Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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