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

被引：89
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作者：
Rafailov, EU [1 ]
White, SJ
Lagatsky, AA
Miller, A
Sibbett, W
Livshits, DA
Zhukov, AE
Ustinov, VM
机构：
[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[2] AF Ioffe Phys Tech Inst, St Petersburg 194021, Russia
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2004年 / 16卷 / 11期
关键词：
femtosecond pulse; mode-lock laser; quantum dot (QD); saturable absorber; ultrafast recovery time;
D O I：
10.1109/LPT.2004.835648
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
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 similar to1 ps.
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页码：2439 / 2441
页数：3
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