Self-starting mode locking and Kerr-lens mode locking of a Ti:rAl2O3 laser by use of semiconductor-doped glass structures

I. P. Bilinsky; Rohit Prativadi Prasankumar; J. G. Fujimoto

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.16.000546

Self-starting mode locking and Kerr-lens mode locking of a Ti:rAl₂O₃ laser by use of semiconductor-doped glass structures

I. P. Bilinsky
, Rohit Prativadi Prasankumar
, J. G. Fujimoto

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We report a novel wedge-shaped saturable absorber structure based on commercial semiconductor-doped glasses. By use of several different semiconductor-doped glasses, fast saturable absorber passive mode locking of a Ti:Al₂O₃ laser was demonstrated, which generated pulse durations as short as 2 ps in the 780-860-nm range. These saturable absorbers were also used to start Kerr-lens mode locking, and transform-limited 52-fs pulses were generated. Photodarkening effects in the semiconductor-doped glasses have been observed and characterized on a femtosecond time scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	546-549
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.16.000546
State	Published - Apr 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Self-starting mode locking and Kerr-lens mode locking of a Ti:rAl2O3 laser by use of semiconductor-doped glass structures

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