Title :
Dispersionless saturable absorber mirrors for ultrashort pulse generation
Author :
Lumb, M.P. ; Stavrinou, P.N. ; Clarke, E.M. ; Murray, R. ; Leburn, C.G. ; Jappy, C. ; Metzger, N.K. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Theoretical and experimental results are presented for the potential to eliminate group delay dispersion of resonant SESAMs over broad spectral bandwidths through the design of a single dielectric cap layer of carefully selected refractive index.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; optical design techniques; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; refractive index; dispersionless saturable absorber mirrors; group delay dispersion elimination; refractive index; resonant SESAM; single dielectric cap layer design; ultrashort pulse generation; Bandwidth; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse generation; Quantum dot lasers; Resonance; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (230.5590) Quantum-dot devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
