• DocumentCode
    2239397
  • Title

    430-fs pulses from a SESAM mode-locked GaSb disk laser emitting at 2 μm

  • Author

    Alanko, Jukka-Pekka ; Grebing, Christian ; Paajaste, Jonna ; Koskinen, Riku ; Suomalainen, Soile ; Harkonen, A. ; Steinmeyer, Günter ; Guina, Mircea

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the generation of 430 fs pulses from a passively mode-locked semiconductor disk laser operating at around 2 μm. The gain mirror and the semiconductor saturable absorber mirror comprised InGaSb/GaSb quantum wells.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; InGaSb-GaSb; SESAM; gain mirror; optical pulse generation; passively mode-locked semiconductor disk laser; quantum well lasers; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; wavelength 2 mum; Gas lasers; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950585