• DocumentCode
    1151914
  • 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
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1414
  • Lastpage
    1416
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20046058
  • Filename
    1352859