Bound soliton formation in a SESAM mode-locked Cr:ZnSe laser with birefringent plates

• Published in: Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 127; no. 4
• Main Authors: Leonov, Stanislav O., Frolov, Mikhail P., Korostelin, Yurii V., Fjodorow, Peter, Skasyrsky, Yan K., Kozlovsky, Vladimir I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied physics; Birefringence; Birefringent filters; Engineering; Laser mode locking; Lasers; Optical Devices; Optics; Photonics; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Pulse duration; Quantum Optics; Solid state lasers; Solitary waves

We report on experimental observation of four phase-locked bound soliton formation in a SESAM mode-locked Cr 2 + :ZnSe laser with an output power of 20 mW, a temporal pulse-to-pulse separation of 18.2 ps and single pulse duration of 1.4 ps. We demonstrate that birefringence can be used as an efficie...