• DocumentCode
    1649693
  • Title

    Electrically-controlled rapid femtosecond pulse duration switching in an ultrafast Cr4+: Forsterite laser

  • Author

    Crombie, C. ; Walsh, D.A. ; Lu, W. ; Zhang, S. ; Zhang, Z. ; Kennedy, K. ; Calvez, S. ; Sibbett, W. ; Brown, C.T.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate fast switching between picosecond and femtosecond pulse durations from a Cr4+: forsterite laser, using an electrically-contacted GaInNAs SESAM whose absorption is controlled via the quantum confined Stark effect.
  • Keywords
    Laser mode locking; Optical switches; Quantum cascade lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325510
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1649693