Title :
High contrast grating based saturable absorber for mode-locked lasers
Author :
Yang, Weijian ; Sedgwick, Forrest ; Zhang, Zhigang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel semiconductor saturable absorber based on high contrast grating is investigated for the first time. The extremely broad reflection band, low saturation fluence, and large design flexibility make it useful in mode-locked femtosecond lasers.
Keywords :
Absorption; Bandwidth; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
