DocumentCode
3523509
Title
1.7-W SBR mode-locked 1047-nm Nd:YLF laser
Author
Howle, C.J. ; Ferguson, A.I. ; Lee, Steven ; Burns, Dave ; Dawson, Martin D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
fYear
1998
fDate
3-8 May 1998
Firstpage
161
Lastpage
162
Abstract
Summary form only given. We describe the applicability of what is in many ways the simplest semiconductor saturable absorber structure, the saturable Bragg reflector (SBR), to an Nd:YLF laser. Unlike the A-FPSA, the SBR is fabricated using a single-stage growth under normal temperature growth conditions, requires no post-processing and can be designed in a simple, straightforward manner. The resultant device has very low loss and low dispersion.
Keywords
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 1.7 W; 1047 nm; LiYF4:Nd; Nd:YLF laser; YLF:Nd; passive mode locking; saturable Bragg reflector; semiconductor saturable absorber; solid-state laser; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-339-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.1998.675999
Filename
675999
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