Low-loss quantum-dot-based saturable absorber for efficient femtosecond pulse generation

A. A. Lagatsky; F. M. Bain; C. T. A. Brown; W. Sibbett; D. A. Livshits; G. Erbert; E. U. Rafailov

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Low-loss quantum-dot-based saturable absorber for efficient femtosecond pulse generation

A. A. Lagatsky, F. M. Bain, C. T. A. Brown, W. Sibbett, D. A. Livshits, G. Erbert, E. U. Rafailov

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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We report the efficient generation of femtosecond pulses from a diode-pumped solid-state laser that has been passively mode locked using a quantum-dot-based saturable absorber. Average output powers up to 1.15W and transform-limited pulses as short as 114fs were obtained around 1040nm with a pulse repetition frequency of 107MHz from a diode-pumped Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 laser. The InGaAs quantum-dot saturable absorber was characterized to have a saturation fluence of 25μJ/cm2 and nonsaturable losses of less than 0.2% with an initial low-signal absorption of 2.5% at 1040nm.

Original language	English
Article number	231111
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	91
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2817755
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2007

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