Sub-200-fs Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Disk Laser

P. Klopp^a, U. Griebner^a, M. Zorn^b, and M. Weyers^b

^a Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Str. 2A, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
^b Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany

Published in:
Conf. Dig. CLEO/IQEC 2009, Paper CTuQ2 (2009).
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Abstract:
The femtosecond laser performance of an optically pumped InGaAs-AlGaAs disk laser emitting around 1.04 µm was studied. Using a saturable absorber with a surface-near quantum well, 190-fs-pulses were generated.

OCIS Codes:
(140.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers

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