Exploring ultrafast negative Kerr effect for mode-locking vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
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We present analytical considerations of "self-mode-locked" operation in a typical vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) cavity geometry by means of Kerr lens action in the semiconductor gain chip. We predict Kerr-lens mode-locked operation for both soft- and hard-apertures placed at the optimal intra-cavity positions. These predictions are experimentally verified in a Kerr-lens mode-locked VECSEL capable of producing pulse durations of below 500 fs at 1 GHz repetition rate.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 21 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013