77 GHz soliton modelocked Nd:YVO 4 laser
- 26 October 2000
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 36 (22) , 1846-1848
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:20001289
Abstract
An Nd:YVO4 laser which was passively modelocked at the very high repetition rate of ~77 GHz, using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), is demonstrated. The soliton-like pulses are well separated in time and their duration is 2.7 ps. The required negative dispersion is introduced by a GTI-like structure, which is formed by the gain medium and the SESAM.Keywords
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