Ultrafast monolithic semiconductor-polymer Kerr-lens saturable absorber
JOSA B, Vol. 23, Issue 11, pp. 2291-2294 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.23.002291
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Abstract
We propose an ultrafast Kerr-lens saturable absorber, which is suitable for incorporating monolithically into semiconductor waveguides. We propose suitable materials and geometries for device fabrication. We study the saturable absorption using numerical methods and consider the effect of such a hard Kerr-lens configuration on a monolithic passively mode-locked semiconductor diode device and the possibility of producing pulses of the order of hundreds of femtoseconds.
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OCIS Codes
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
(160.5470) Materials : Polymers
(190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 15, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: July 13, 2006
Citation
Michael B. Flynn and Thomas F. Krauss, "Ultrafast monolithic semiconductor-polymer Kerr-lens saturable absorber," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 2291-2294 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-23-11-2291
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