Oxidized GaAs/AlAs mirror with a quantum-well saturable absorber for ultrashort-pulse Cr4+:YAG laser

被引：22
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作者：
Ripin, DJ
Gopinath, JT
Shen, HM
Erchak, AA
Petrich, GS
Kolodziejski, LA
Kärtner, FX
Ippen, EP
机构：
[1] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] MIT, Dept Mat Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
来源：
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2002年 / 214卷 / 1-6期
关键词：
ultrafast processes;
D O I：
10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02127-2
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Ultra-broadband saturable Bragg reflectors consisting of a 7-period GaAs/AlxOy Bragg mirror and an InGaAs/InP quantum well were studied and used to start modelocking of 36 fs pulses near 1500 nm in a dispersion compensated Cr4+:YAG laser. The mirrors are comprised of high-index-contrast GaAs/AlxOy Bragg stacks grown as GaAs/AlAs and oxidized to create mirror areas as wide as 300 mum. They exhibit non-saturable losses smaller than 0.8% and a stopband from 1300 to 1800 nm, indicating the potential for the generation of shorter pulses. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：285 / 289
页数：5
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