Modelocking of solid-state lasers by use of a slow saturable quantum-well absorber

Author

Muller, Mathias ; Hermann, J.

Author_Institution

Max-Born Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

49

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recently we have proposed a novel mechanism for modelocking a Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ solid-state laser by use of a slow off-resonant saturable two-level absorber. Here we analyze the operating conditions for this new modelocking scheme by use of a slow saturable SQW absorber and calculate the dependence of the pulse parameters on the characteristical laser and absorber parameters.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; chromium; laser accessories; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; solid lasers; strontium compounds; Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ solid-state laser; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; absorber parameters; modelocking scheme; operating conditions; pulse parameters; slow off-resonant saturable two-level absorber; slow saturable SQW absorber; slow saturable quantum-well absorber; solid-state laser modelocking; Absorption; Equations; Laser modes; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Quantum well lasers; Solid lasers; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865557