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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
Author
Crombie, C.
Walsh, D. A.
Lu, W.
Zhang, S.
Zhang, Z.
Kennedy, K.
Calvez, S.
Sibbett, W.
Brown, C. T. A.
Keywords
Solid state lasers
Saturable Bragg reflector
Mode-locking
Nonlinear absorption
Stabilisation
QC Physics
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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.
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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 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.018138
Publication
Optics Express
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://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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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3926

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