Solid-state laser mode-locking near 1.25 μm employing a carbon nanotube saturable absorber mirror

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-60

  Cho, Won Bae ^a   Choi, Sun Young ^a   Kim, Jun Wan ^a   Yeom, Dong Il ^a   Kim, KihoNg ^a   Rotermund, Fabian ^a   Lim, Hanjo ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cr:forsterite; Passive mode locking; Saturable absorber; Single walled carbon nanotube; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

CR : FORSTERITE LASER; CR: FORSTERITE; INTRA-CAVITY DISPERSION; MODE-LOCKED; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKING; REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SELF MODE-LOCKED; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SPECTRAL REGION;

LASERS; MIRRORS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OLIVINE; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 79955504748     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2011.15.1.056     Document Type: Article

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