Self-starting mode locking and Kerr-lens mode locking of a Ti:Al2O3 laser by use of semiconductor-doped glass structures

被引：17

作者：

Bilinsky, IP

Prasankumar, RP

Fujimoto, JG

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[2] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 1999年 / 16卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1364/JOSAB.16.000546

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report a novel wedge-shaped saturable absorber structure based on commercial semiconductor-doped glasses. By use of several different semiconductor-doped glasses, fast saturable absorber passive mode locking of a Ti:Al2O3 laser was demonstrated, which generated pulse durations as short as 2 ps in the 780-860-nm range. These saturable absorbers were also used to start Kerr-lens mode locking, and transform-limited 52-fs pulses were generated. Photodarkening effects in the semiconductor-doped glasses have been observed and characterized on a femtosecond time scale. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America [S0740-3224(99)01204-7] OCIS codes: 140.3580, 140.3590, 140.4050.

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页码：546 / 549

页数：4

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