Quantum-dot-based saturable absorber for femtosecond mode-locked operation of a solid-state laser

A McWilliam, AA Lagatsky, CTA Brown, W Sibbett, AE Zhukov, VM Ustinov, AP Vasil'ev, EU Rafailov

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Abstract

A quantum-dot-based saturable absorber has been demonstrated to initiate the generation of femtosecond pulses from a passively mode-locked solid-state laser. Control and tuning of the pulse duration from 58 psto158 fs was achieved. The 158 fs transform-limited pulses at 1280 nm are the shortest pulses that were produced from the Cr:forsterite laser passively mode locked by an InAs⁄InGaAs quantum-dot semiconductor saturable absorber mirror.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1444-1446
JournalOptics Letters
Volume31
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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