Multipulse operation of a Ti:sapphire laser mode locked by an ion-implanted semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 895-904

  Lederer, M J ^a   Luther Davies, B ^a   Tan, H H ^a   Jagadish, C ^a   Akhmediev, N N ^a   Soto Crespo, J M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION IMPLANTATION; LASER ACCESSORIES; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLITONS;

MULTIPULSE LASER OPERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS (SESAM); TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0033244609     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000895     Document Type: Article

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