NaCl:OH- color center laser modelocked by a novel bonded saturable Bragg reflector

被引:3
作者
Mozdy, EJ
Jaspan, MA
Zhu, ZH
Lo, YH
Pollock, CR [1 ]
Bhat, R
Hong, MW
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Corning Inc, Red Bank, NJ 07701 USA
[3] Lucent Technol, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
关键词
modelocked laser; femtosecond laser; quantum well; saturable absorber;
D O I
10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00065-0
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present the design and modelocking results of a novel saturable Bragg reflector constructed fi om separate Bragg stack and quantum well semiconductor wafers, bonded by the technique of atomic rearrangement. This device was used to modelock a NaCl:OH- color center laser, producing 200 fs pulses in the 1.60 mu m range. The laser is self-starting, requires no dedicated dispersion compensating optics, and maintains a highly stable, nearly transform limited output pulse train with up to 500 mW average output power. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:62 / 64
页数:3
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