Theory of passive mode-locking of semiconductor disk lasers in the blue spectral range by metal nanocomposites

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 16174-16179

  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

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER THEORY; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; MASTER EQUATION FOR MODE-LOCKING; METAL NANOCOMPOSITES; NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; PULSE FORMATION; PULSE PARAMETER; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; SPHERICAL SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

PASSIVE MODE LOCKING;

EID: 84864118275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016174     Document Type: Article

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