Mode-locked NdrYAG laser with passive negative feedback using multiple quantum well saturable absorber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5777, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 757-761

  Kubeček, Václav ^a   Dombrovský, Andrej ^a   Diels, Jean Claude ^b   Stintz, Andreas ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple quantum well saturable absorbers; Nd:YAG laser; Passive mode locking; Passive negative feedback; Picosecond pulses

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL SATURABLE ABSORBERS; ND:YAG LASERS; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKING; PASSIVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PICOSECOND PULSES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 26444544543     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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