DocumentCode
422166
Title
Passive stabilisation of an SBR-mode-locked Nd:KGW laser by nonlinear absorption in indium phosphide
Author
Cerny, Pavel ; Valentine, Gareth ; Burns, David ; McEwan, Kenneth
Author_Institution
Inst. of Photonics, Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, that passive stabilisation using inverse saturable absorption in indium phosphide expands the parameter range for stable continuous wave mode-locking in a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:KGW laser.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; laser mode locking; laser stability; neodymium; nonlinear optics; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; InP; KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/:Nd; SBR-mode-locked Nd:KGW laser; indium phosphide; nonlinear absorption; passive stabilisation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361634
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