Pribory i Metody Izmerenij (Apr 2015)

A PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED CR4+:FORSTERITE LASER WITH ELEСTRONICALLY CONTROLLED OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS

  • S. A. Zolotovskaya,
  • K. G. Wilcox,
  • A. Abdolvand,
  • D. A. Livshits,
  • E. U. Rafailov

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 1
pp. 85 – 90

Abstract

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Applicability of electronic control of laser output parameters to bulk solid-state laser sources is demonstrated. A single laser source with variable pulse duration for novel imaging and manipulation systems is presented. Stable passive mode-locking of a Cr4+:forsterite laser using a voltage controlled p-n junction quantum dot saturable absorber was achieved. Output shortening from 17,4 to 6,4 ps near-transform limited pulses was obtained by applying reverse bias.