Theory of passive mode locking of solid-state lasers using metal nanocomposites as slow saturable absorbers

Optics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1490-1492

  Kim, Kwang Hyon ^a,b   Griebner, Uwe ^a   Herrmann, Joachim ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b State Academy of Sciences   (North Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LASER THEORY; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

DESIGN CRITERIA; METAL NANOCOMPOSITES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PULSE DURATIONS; PUMP PROBE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL RANGE; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 84862072088     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.001490     Document Type: Article

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