Title :
Antimonide semiconductor saturable absorber for 1.5 μm
Author :
Grange, R. ; Ostinelli, O. ; Haiml, M. ; Krainer, L. ; Spühler, G.J. ; Ebnöther, M. ; Gini, E. ; Schön, S. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Self-starting continuous-wave passive modelocking of an Er:Yb:glass laser at 1535 nm is demonstrated with the first antimonide semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The Er:Yb:glass laser produces 20 ps pulses at 61 MHz. This laser was used to characterise the nonlinear optical parameters of the metal organic vapour phase epitaxy grown SESAM.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; arsenic compounds; erbium; gallium arsenide; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; 1.535 nm; 20 ps; 61 MHz; AlGaAsSb; antimonide semiconductor saturable absorber; antimonide semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; glass laser; metal organic vapour phase epitaxy; nonlinear optical parameters; self-starting continuous wave passive modelocking;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20046058
