Self-starting mode-locked Cr:Forsterite laser with semiconductor saturable Bragg reflector

P. T. Guerreiro; S. Ten; E. Slobodchikov; Y. M. Kim; J. C. Woo; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00681-5

Self-starting mode-locked Cr:Forsterite laser with semiconductor saturable Bragg reflector

P. T. Guerreiro, S. Ten, E. Slobodchikov, Y. M. Kim, J. C. Woo, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

We report the self-starting passively mode-locked operation of a chromium-doped forsterite laser using a semiconductor saturable Bragg reflector. Self-starting mode-locking was the only operational mode of the laser and could be achieved with and without intracavity dispersion compensation. We obtained 110 fs transformed limited pulses using a prism pair for dispersion compensation, 4 ps pulses without prisms, and pulse energies of up to 2.3 nJ at 90 MHz repetition rate.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-30
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	136
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00681-5
State	Published - Mar 1 1997

Keywords

Cr:forsterite laser
Mode-locking
Saturable Bragg reflector

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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