Modeling and Direct Electric-Field Measurements of Passively Mode-Locked Quantum-Dot Lasers (Postprint)

Abstract

A delay differential equation model of a passively mode-locked two-section quantum-dot laser reveals pulse asymmetry that is experimentally confirmed through direct electric-field measurements using frequency-resolved optical gating. This finding indicates that conventional autocorrelators, which obscure the underlying pulse structure due to the symmetry inherent in autocorrelation, are of limited utility in the characterization of these lasers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA535099

Entities

People

  • Chang-yi Lin
  • Daniel J. Kane
  • Luke F. Lester
  • Nicholas G. Usechak
  • Vassilios Kovanis
  • Yongchun Xin

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Asymmetry
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electronics
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • New Mexico
  • Quantum Dot Lasers
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Electronics
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing