@inproceedings{dde7054c7a9147728b5b3741c6d4538f,
title = "Ultrafast non-equilibrium carrier dynamics in semiconductor laser mode-locking",
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{\^a}€{\texttrademark}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.",
keywords = "GaAs, RPG, SESAM, VECSELs, kinetic holes, mode-locking, semiconductor Bloch equations, semiconductor laser, simulation",
author = "I. Kilen and B{\"o}ttge, {C. N.} and J. Hader and Koch, {S. W.} and Moloney, {J. V.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) V ; Conference date: 09-02-2015 Through 10-02-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2080065",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Mircea Guina",
booktitle = "Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) V",
}