Fast Quantum Dot Saturable Absorber for Passive Mode-Locking of Solid-State Lasers

Edik Urikhaevich Rafailov; SJ White; AA Lagatsky; Alan Miller; Wilson Sibbett; DA Livshits; AE Zhukov; VM Ustinov

doi:10.1109/LPT.2004.835648

Fast Quantum Dot Saturable Absorber for Passive Mode-Locking of Solid-State Lasers

Edik Urikhaevich Rafailov, SJ White, AA Lagatsky, Alan Miller, Wilson Sibbett, DA Livshits, AE Zhukov, VM 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 similar to1 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

femtosecond pulse
mode-lock laser
quantum dot (QD)
saturable absorber
ultrafast recovery time
DYNAMICS

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