Quantum-dot-based saturable absorber for femtosecond mode-locked operation of a solid-state laser

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1444-1446

  McWilliam, A ^a   Lagatsky, A A ^a   Brown, C T A ^a   Sibbett, W ^a   Zhukov, A E ^b   Ustinov, V M ^b   Vasil'Ev, A P ^b   Rafailov, E U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRFORSTERITE LASER PASSIVELY MODE LOCKED; SHORTEST PULSES; SOLID-STATE LASER;

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33745758646     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.001444     Document Type: Article

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