• DocumentCode
    521309
  • Title

    High contrast grating based saturable absorber for mode-locked lasers

  • Author

    Yang, Weijian ; Sedgwick, Forrest ; Zhang, Zhigang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel semiconductor saturable absorber based on high contrast grating is investigated for the first time. The extremely broad reflection band, low saturation fluence, and large design flexibility make it useful in mode-locked femtosecond lasers.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Bandwidth; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500925
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=521309