Ultrafast non-equilibrium carrier dynamics in semiconductor laser mode-locking

I. Kilen; C. N. Böttge; J. Hader; S. W. Koch; J. V. Moloney

doi:10.1117/12.2080065

4 March 2015 Ultrafast non-equilibrium carrier dynamics in semiconductor laser mode-locking

I. Kilen, C. N. Böttge, J. Hader, S. W. Koch, J. V. Moloney

Proceedings Volume 9349, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) V; 934902 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080065
Event: SPIE LASE, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The mode-locking dynamics of a vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser with saturable absorber is analyzed using a microscopic many-body theory. The light field is treated at the level of Maxwell’s equations and the quantum-wells are modeled using the semiconductor Bloch equations. The carrier relaxation and the polarization dephasing dynamics is treated at different levels of approximation ranging from a simple rate approximation to the second-Born–Markov level. Examples of mode-locked pulse generation are presented identifying the regimes for stable ultra-short pulses, multiple pulse generation, and instability.

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I. Kilen, C. N. Böttge, J. Hader, S. W. Koch, and J. V. Moloney "Ultrafast non-equilibrium carrier dynamics in semiconductor laser mode-locking", Proc. SPIE 9349, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) V, 934902 (4 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080065

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