Title :
Novel inverse saturable absorption for improved passive mode locking
Author :
Grange, R. ; Haiml, M. ; Paschotta, R. ; Spiihler, G.J. ; Krainer, L. ; Keller, U. ; Ostinelli, O.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Inverse saturable absorption stronger than two-photon absorption is observed in 1.5-μm semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) measured with pulse durations of 190 fs to 20 ps and repetition rates of 60 MHz to 10 GHz.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical saturable absorption; 1.5 mum; 120 fs to 20 ps; 60 MHz to 10 GHz; inverse saturable absorption; passive mode locking; semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Indium phosphide; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Physics; Pulse measurements; Reflectivity; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202375
