Passively mode-locked Tm,Ho:KY(WO4)2 laser around 2µm

Author

Lagatsky, A.A. ; Fusari, F. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Calvez, S. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Gupta, J.A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

A Tm³⁺,Ho³⁺:KY(WO₄)₂ (Tm,Ho:KYW) laser passively mode-locked by using semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) is demonstrated. The SESAM used for the initiation and stabilisation of passive mode locking incorporated a GaSb/AlAsSb DBR structure having a high reflectivity and InGaAsSb quantum wells as the absorber.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; holmium; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; potassium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; DBR structure; GaSb-AlAsSb; InGaAsSb; passively mode-locked laser; quantum wells; reflectivity; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196616

Filename

5196616