Nonlinear response of saturable absorber mirrors for different operation regimes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 333-335

  Hakulinen, Tommi ^a   Herda, Robert ^a   Okhotnikov, Oleg G ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lasers and laser optics; Quantum well devices; Saturable absorbers; Short pulse formation

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ABSORPTION RECOVERY TIME; NONLINEAR RESPONSE; OPTICAL PUMP PULSES; PULSEWIDTH; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRROR;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33947682811     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.891638     Document Type: Article

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