Demystifying semiconductor self-mode-locking without saturable absorber

authored by

Esmerando Escoto, Ayhan Demircan, Ihar Babushkin, Günter Steinmeyer

Abstract

Self-mode-locking of semiconductor lasers has been frequently reported, defying all known solutions of the Haus Master Equation approach. Here we show that four-wave mixing all by itself suffices to mode-lock a laser.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Quantum Optics
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines

External Organisation(s)

Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy im Forschungsbund Berlin e.V. (MBI)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)

Type

Conference contribution

Publication date

2020

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanics of Materials

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2020.STh3E.2 (Access: Closed)