PbS quantum-dot-doped glass for efficient passive mode locking in a CW Yb: KYW laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-261

  Lagatsky, A A ^a   Malyarevich, A M ^b   Savitski, V G ^b   Gaponenko, M S ^b   Yumashev, K V ^b   Zhilin, A A ^c   Brown, C T A ^a   Sibbett, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; Mode locking; Saturablc absorber; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIODE-PUMPED LASERS; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33746781977     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.861302     Document Type: Article

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