Quantum-dot-based saturable absorber for femtosecond mode-locked operation of a solid-state laser

Author

McWilliam, A. ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Zhukov, A.E. ; Ustinov, V.M. ; Vasil, A.P. ; Rafailov, E.U.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Femtosecond operation of a solid-state laser passively mode locked by a quantum-dot saturable absorber has been demonstrated. Controllability of the pulse duration is demonstrated with pulses ranging from 58 ps to 158 fs around 1280 nm.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum dots; solid lasers; femtosecond mode-locked operation; laser cavity design; passively mode locked laser; pulse generation; quantum-dot SESAM; quantum-dot-based saturable absorber; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; solid-state laser; time 58 ps to 158 fs; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Physics; Power generation; Pulse shaping methods; Quantum dots; Solid lasers; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; (140.3580) Lasers, Solid State; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627781

Filename

4627781