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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

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
ABSORBER
STABILIZATION

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