Abstract
We demonstrate a 1.3-μm GaInNAs semiconductor saturable absorber mirror selfstarting and passively mode locking a sub-10-ps Nd:YLF laser. Its low saturation fluence, below 10 μJ/cm2, and negligible nonsaturable losses support very stable mode locking.
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