Electrically-controlled rapid femtosecond pulse duration switching and continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning in an ultrafast Cr4+:forsterite laser

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Date

30/07/2012

Abstract

We demonstrate rapid switching between picosecond and femtosecond operational regimes in a Cr4+:forsterite laser, using an electrically-contacted GaInNAs SESAM with saturable absorption characteristics controlled via the quantum-confined Stark effect. Additionally, continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning by over a factor 3 is reported.

Citation

Crombie , C , Walsh , D A , Lu , W , Zhang , S , Zhang , Z , Kennedy , K , Calvez , S , Sibbett , W & Brown , C T A 2012 , ' Electrically-controlled rapid femtosecond pulse duration switching and continuous picosecond pulse duration tuning in an ultrafast Cr4+:forsterite laser ' Optics Express , vol 20 , no. 16 , pp. 18138-18144 . DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018138

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Publication

Optics Express

Status

Peer reviewed

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3926

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.018138

ISSN

1094-4087

Type

Journal article

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© 2012 OSA. This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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This work recieved funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through EP/E064450/1 and EP/E06440X/1 grants.

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