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

We present the design and modelocking results of a novel saturable Bragg reflector constructed from 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...

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Published inOptics communications Vol. 151; no. 1; pp. 62 - 64
Main Authors Mozdy, E.J, Jaspan, M.A, Zhu, Zuhua, Lo, Yu-hwa, Pollock, C.R, Bhat, R, Hong, Minghwei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.05.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
Exact sciences and technology
Femtosecond laser
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Lasers
Modelocked laser
Optical elements, devices, and systems
Optics
Physics
Quantum well
Reflectors, beam splitters, and deflectors
Saturable absorber
Quantum well
42.55
Saturable absorber
42.60.S
Femtosecond laser
85.30.V
06.60.J
Modelocked laser
Saturable absorbers
Hydroxides
Semiconductor materials
Output power
Mode locking
Laser pumping
Quantum wells
Doped materials
Bragg reflection
Experimental study
Pulsed lasers
Sodium chlorides
Color center lasers
Solid state lasers
fs range
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Summary:We present the design and modelocking results of a novel saturable Bragg reflector constructed from 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 μm 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.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00065-0