Low-loss GaInNAs saturable Bragg reflector for mode-locking of a femtosecond Cr4+: Forsterite-laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2292-2294

  McWilliam, A ^a   Lagatsky, A A ^a   Leburn, C G ^a   Fischer, P ^a   Brown, C T A ^a   Valentine, G J ^b   Kemp, A J ^b   Calvez, S ^b   Burns, D ^b   Dawson, M D ^b   Pessa, M ^c   Sibbett, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cr:forsterite; GaInNAs; Mode locked lasers; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FORSTERITE LASER; SATURABLE BRAGG REFLECTORS (SBRS);

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 27744436876     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857221     Document Type: Article

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