Mode-locking ultrafast solid-state lasers with saturable Bragg reflectors
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
- Vol. 2 (3) , 454-464
- https://doi.org/10.1109/2944.571744
Abstract
We discuss mode-locking of low-gain solid-state lasers using a semiconductor saturable Bragg reflector structure. This recently developed low-loss mode-locking device consists of a single quantum well which acts as a saturable absorber incorporated into a high-reflectivity Bragg mirror. Highly stable mode-locking in solid-state lasers results from an ultrafast transient reflectivity in the device that is caused by saturation of the excitonic absorption in near-resonant conditionsKeywords
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