Title :
A semiconductor saturable absorber for mid-infrared wavelengths
Author :
Jean Wei ; Murray, J.M. ; Gonzalez, Leonel P. ; Yong Chang ; Sivananthan, Siva ; Guha, Saikat
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
Saturable absorption of nanosecond and picosecond duration pulses in a thin HgCdTe film is reported at 4.6 μm. The material shows promise as a mode locker for mid-infrared ultrafast lasers.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; infrared spectra; laser mode locking; mercury compounds; optical films; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor thin films; HgCdTe; mid-infrared ultrafast lasers; mid-infrared wavelengths; mode locker; nanosecond pulse duration; picosecond pulse duration; saturable absorption; semiconductor saturable absorber; thin HgCdTe film; wavelength 4.6 mum; Absorption; Insertion loss; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Modulation; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
