Abstract
We have recently reported the passively mode-locking of tunable solid-state lasers which employ an intracavity saturable absorber,1,2 This technique is important since it provides a possible means of achieving reliable self-starting operation with ~ 100 fs pulse generation at the relatively low intracavity power levels of diode-pumped vibronic lasers. The physics underlying this mode-locking mechanism is not fully understood.
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