• DocumentCode
    1392355
  • Title

    Self-biased saturable absorber mirror demonstrating very low saturation fluence

  • Author

    Gadjiev, I.M. ; Ryvkin, B.S. ; Avrutin, E.A. ; Mikhrin, S.S. ; Livshits, Daniil A. ; Kovsh, A.R.

  • Author_Institution
    A.F. Ioffe Physico-Tech. Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    75
  • Abstract
    The performance of a self-biased saturable absorber mirror operating via the Franz-Keldysh effect is studied experimentally. Very low saturation fluences, less than 1 J/cm2, are obtained. Results agree well with theoretical predictions.
  • Keywords
    electroabsorption; mirrors; optical saturable absorption; photovoltaic effects; reflectivity; Franz-Keldysh effect; electroabsorption; photovoltage; saturation fluence; self-biased saturable absorber mirror; semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors; small-signal reflectance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.1981
  • Filename
    5395579