Abstract
Saturable absorbers on the base of lead sulfide QDs for lasers emitting at 1, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1 microns are introduced and characterized. It is demonstrated that these SAs can be used both for mode-locking and Q-switching of near IR lasers.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 60540Q |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 6054 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2006 |
Event | International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies 2005 - Advanced Lasers and Systems - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: 11 May 2005 → 15 May 2005 |
Keywords
- laser materials
- lead sulphide
- mode-locking
- Q-switching
- saturable absorbers
- semiconductor quantum dots
- solid-state lasers