PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING AND Q-SWITCHING OF AN ERBIUM-3 MU-M LASER USING THIN INAS EPILAYERS GROWN BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

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VODOPYANOV, KL
LUKASHEV, AV
PHILLIPS, CC
FERGUSON, IT
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[1] ACAD SCI USSR,INST GEN PHYS,MOSCOW 117942,USSR
[2] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,BLACKETT LAB,DEPT PHYS,LONDON SW7 2AZ,ENGLAND
[3] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,INTERDISCIPLINARY RES CTR SEMICOND MAT,LONDON SW7 2AZ,ENGLAND
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10.1063/1.106259
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Passive mode locking and Q switching has been achieved for the first time in an Er3 + :YSGG laser at lambda = 2.8-mu-m using ultrathin single-crystal InAs epilayers grown on GaAs substrate which were subsequently bombarded with 15 keV protons at a dose of 10(13) cm -2. The bleaching effect was due to a dynamic Moss-Burstein mechanism with a fast (< 100 ps) recovery time. In the case of passive mode locking, pulses of 10 MW power were generated at lambda = 2.8-mu-m.
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