Abstract
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, femtosecond-regime mode locking of a Tm,Ho-codoped crystalline laser operating in the spectral region. Transform-limited pulses were generated at by a laser that produced an average output power of at a pulse repetition frequency of . Mode locking was achieved using an ion-implanted InGaAsSb quantum-well-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
A. A. Lagatsky, X. Han, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, S. Calvez, M. D. Dawson, J. A. Gupta, C. T. A. Brown, and W. Sibbett
Opt. Lett. 35(18) 3027-3029 (2010)
A. A. Lagatsky, F. Fusari, S. Calvez, J. A. Gupta, V. E. Kisel, N. V. Kuleshov, C. T. A. Brown, M. D. Dawson, and W. Sibbett
Opt. Lett. 34(17) 2587-2589 (2009)
F. Fusari, A. A. Lagatsky, G. Jose, S. Calvez, A. Jha, M.D. Dawson, J.A. Gupta, W. Sibbett, and C. T. A. Brown
Opt. Express 18(21) 22090-22098 (2010)