Electrically-controlled rapid femtosecond pulse duration switching and continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning in an ultrafast Cr4+:forsterite laser

C. Crombie; D. A. Walsh; W. Lu; S. Zhang; Z. Zhang; K. Kennedy; S. Calvez; W. Sibbett; C. T. A. Brown

doi:10.1364/OE.20.018138

Electrically-controlled rapid femtosecond pulse duration switching and continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning in an ultrafast Cr4+:forsterite laser

C. Crombie^*, D. A. Walsh, W. Lu, S. Zhang, Z. Zhang, K. Kennedy, S. Calvez, W. Sibbett, C. T. A. Brown

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Abstract

We demonstrate rapid switching between picosecond and femtosecond operational regimes in a Cr4+:forsterite laser, using an electrically-contacted GaInNAs SESAM with saturable absorption characteristics controlled via the quantum-confined Stark effect. Additionally, continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning by over a factor 3 is reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18138-18144
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	20
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.018138
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2012

Keywords

Solid state lasers
Saturable Bragg reflector
Mode-locking
Nonlinear absorption
Stabilisation

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Ultrafast Multi-GHz Waveguide Lasers: Ultrafast Multi GHz Waveguide Lasers
Brown, C. T. A. (PI), Lagatsky, A. A. (CoI) & Sibbett, W. (CoI)
EPSRC
1/09/10 → 28/02/14
Project: Standard
Modular Ultrafast Sources EP/E06440X/1: Modular Ultrafast Sources
Sibbett, W. (PI) & Brown, C. T. A. (CoI)
EPSRC
1/09/07 → 30/06/12
Project: Standard

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Electrically-controlled rapid femtosecond pulse duration switching and continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning in an ultrafast Cr4+:forsterite laser

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