Fast quantum-dot saturable absorber for passive mode-locking of solid-state lasers

E. U. Rafailov; S. J. White; A. A. Lagatsky; A. Miller; Wilson Sibbett; D. A. Livshits; A. E. Zhukov; V. M. Ustinov

doi:10.1109/LPT.2004.835648

Fast quantum-dot saturable absorber for passive mode-locking of solid-state lasers

E. U. Rafailov
, S. J. White
, A. A. Lagatsky
, A. Miller
, Wilson Sibbett
, D. A. Livshits
, A. E. Zhukov
, V. M. Ustinov

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Abstract

We demonstrate stable mode-locking in a Yb : KYW laser by using a quantum-dot (QD) saturable absorber. A fast component in the absorption decay in this QD structure has been measured by pump-probe technique to be ~1 ps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2439-2441
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2004.835648
Publication status	Published - Nov 2004

Keywords

High-speed optical techniques
Laser mode locking
Optical saturable absorption
Solid lasers
Ytterbium
Femtosecond pulse
Quantum dot (QD)
Saturable absorber
Ultrafast recovery time

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Fast quantum-dot saturable absorber for passive mode-locking of solid-state lasers

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