DocumentCode
2987406
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
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
2082
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202375
Filename
1573441
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