Femtosecond Cr:Forsterite laser with mode locking initiated by a quantum-well saturable absorber

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1975-1980

  Zhang, Zhigang ^b   Torizuka, Kenji ^c   Itatani, Taro ^a,c   Kobayashi, Katsuyuki ^d   Sugaya, Takeyoshi ^c   Nakagawa, Tadashi ^c  

^a IEEE

^b NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser absorbers; Mode locked lasers; Pulsed lasers; Quantum well devices; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FORSTERITE LASER; KERR LENS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0031272148     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.641312     Document Type: Article

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