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

Author

Rafailov, E.U. ; White, S.J. ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Miller, A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Xing, Cheng ; Avrutin, E.A. ; Livshits, D.A. ; Zhukov, A.E. ; Ustinov, V.M.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

557

Abstract

In this work we present experimental data that demonstrates mode-locked operation of Yb:KYW solid state laser by using a QD structure combined with a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) as a saturable absorber mirror. We also demonstrate here, a fast recovery time in this QD waveguide structure as measured using the pump-probe technique.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; potassium compounds; semiconductor quantum dots; solid lasers; ytterbium; DBR; KYW₂O₈:Yb; QD waveguide structure; Yb:KYW laser; distributed Bragg reflector; fast quantum-dot saturable absorber mirror; fast recovery time; passive mode-locking; pump-probe technique; solid-state lasers; Absorption; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Solid lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252921

Filename

1252921