High Repetition Rate Ti:Sapphire Laser Mode-Locked by InP Quantum-Dot Saturable Absorber

Mantas Butkus, Gordon Robertson, Gareth Maker, Graeme Malcolm, Craig Hamilton, A. B. Krysa, B. J. Stevens, Richard A. Hogg, Yang Qiu, Thomas Walther, Edik U. Rafailov

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Abstract

We report the first demonstration of a Ti:sapphire laser mode-locked with a quantum-dot mode-locker (QDM) at repetition rates up to 1.77 GHz with 8-ps pulse duration and 400-mW average output power. So far, with quantum-well-based mode-lockers, a repetition rate of only up to 300 MHz has been achievable in our experiments. We show that QDM can support mode-locking in a wide range of repetition rates from 100 MHz to 1.8 GHz.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1603 - 1605
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume23
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2011

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