DocumentCode
689340
Title
A semiconductor saturable absorber for mid-infrared wavelengths
Author
Jean Wei ; Murray, J.M. ; Gonzalez, Leonel P. ; Yong Chang ; Sivananthan, Siva ; Guha, Saikat
Author_Institution
Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Saturable absorption of nanosecond and picosecond duration pulses in a thin HgCdTe film is reported at 4.6 μm. The material shows promise as a mode locker for mid-infrared ultrafast lasers.
Keywords
II-VI semiconductors; infrared spectra; laser mode locking; mercury compounds; optical films; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor thin films; HgCdTe; mid-infrared ultrafast lasers; mid-infrared wavelengths; mode locker; nanosecond pulse duration; picosecond pulse duration; saturable absorption; semiconductor saturable absorber; thin HgCdTe film; wavelength 4.6 mum; Absorption; Insertion loss; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Modulation; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833723
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