Erbium-ytterbium waveguide laser mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Authors
Thoen, ER Koontz, EM Jones, DJ Barbier, D Kartner, FX Ippen, EP Kolodziejski, LA
Citation
Er. Thoen et al., Erbium-ytterbium waveguide laser mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror, IEEE PHOTON, 12(2), 2000, pp. 149-151
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
149 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200002)12:2<149:EWLMWA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Picosecond pulses are produced using a semiconductor saturable absorber mir ror in a laser based on an Er-Yb codoped planar waveguide amplifier Continu ous-wave mode-locking (CWML) with 9.8-ps pulses is obtained at repetition r ates up to 100 MHz. With intracavity spectral filtering, Saturable pulsewid ths of 1 ps are achieved, and tunable picosecond pulses Absorber Mirror are obtained from 1534 to 1553 nm. Absorber characterization suggests that two -photon absorption within the saturable absorber mirror influences the CWML stability.