Passive mode locking of a Cr4+:YAG laser by PbS quantum-dot-doped glass saturable absorber

Optics Communications

Volumn 241, Issue 4-6, 2004, Pages 449-454

  Lagatsky, A A ^a   Leburn, G G ^a   Brown, C T A ^a   Sibbett, W ^a   Malyarevich, A M ^b   Savitski, V G ^b   Yumashev, K V ^b   Raaben, E L ^c   Zhilin, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Laser; Mode locking; Saturable absorber; Solid state

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; EXCITONS; LASER MODE LOCKING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICA; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

MODE-LOCKING; OUTPUT POWERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLID-STATE;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 7544243909     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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