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
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)