Electronically controlled pulse duration passively mode-locked Cr: Forsterite laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1124-1126

  Zolotovskaya, S A ^a   Wilcox, K G ^a   Abdolvand, A ^a   Livshits, Daniil A ^b   Rafailov, E U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b INNOLUME GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mode locked lasers; p n junction quantum dot (QD) saturable absorber; Pulse shortening

Indexed keywords

CR : FORSTERITE LASER; DC VOLTAGE; MODE-LOCKED LASERS; OUTPUT PULSE; P-N JUNCTION; P-N JUNCTION QUANTUM-DOT (QD) SATURABLE ABSORBER; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE SHORTENING; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS;

CHROMIUM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LASERS; OLIVINE; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 68449093719     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2023225     Document Type: Article

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