TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrashort-pulse lasers passively mode locked by quantum-dot-based saturable absorbers
AU - Lagatsky, A. A.
AU - Leburn, C. G.
AU - Brown, C. T. A.
AU - Sibbett, W.
AU - Zolotovskaya, S. A.
AU - Rafailov, E. U.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Some key recent achievements in the development of novel saturable absorbers that are based on semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) structures for the passive mode locking of near-infrared lasers are outlined. These are group IV–VI semiconductor nanoparticles (quantum dots) in glass matrices and self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots (group III–V) grown on semiconductor mirrors (QD-SESAMs). The performance of solid-state (Yb3+, Nd3+ and Cr4+-based), Yb-doped fibre and monolithically integrated semiconductor lasers has been described within the context of ultrashort-pulse generation using these types of QD-based modulators. Particular attention has been paid to the nonlinear parameters of the QD-based saturable absorbers that determine the quality of the mode locking in such laser systems.
AB - Some key recent achievements in the development of novel saturable absorbers that are based on semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) structures for the passive mode locking of near-infrared lasers are outlined. These are group IV–VI semiconductor nanoparticles (quantum dots) in glass matrices and self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots (group III–V) grown on semiconductor mirrors (QD-SESAMs). The performance of solid-state (Yb3+, Nd3+ and Cr4+-based), Yb-doped fibre and monolithically integrated semiconductor lasers has been described within the context of ultrashort-pulse generation using these types of QD-based modulators. Particular attention has been paid to the nonlinear parameters of the QD-based saturable absorbers that determine the quality of the mode locking in such laser systems.
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UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079672709000299?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.pquantelec.2009.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pquantelec.2009.11.001
M3 - Review article
SN - 0079-6727
VL - 34
SP - 1
EP - 45
JO - Progress in Quantum Electronics
JF - Progress in Quantum Electronics
IS - 1
ER -