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

E U  Rafailov; S J  White; A A  Lagatsky; W  Sibbett; D A  Livshits; A E  Zhukov; V M  Ustinov; Alan Miller

doi:10.1109/LPT.2004.835648

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

E U Rafailov, S J White, A A Lagatsky, W Sibbett, D A Livshits, A E Zhukov, V M Ustinov, Alan Miller

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

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