title: Dispersion-managed semiconductor mode-locked ring laser.
abstract: A novel breathing-mode external sigma-ring-cavity semiconductor mode-locked laser is developed. Intracavity pulse compression and stretching produce linearly chirped pulses with an asymmetric exponential temporal profile. External dispersion compensation reduces the pulse duration to 274 fs (within 10% of the bandwidth limit).
authors.affiliation: Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers/School of Optics, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA. bresan@mail.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Bojan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Resan
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Archundia
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Delfyett
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alphonse