Electronically controlled pulse duration passively mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser

Zolotovskaya, Svetlana and Wilcox, K. G. and Abdolvand, Amin and Livshits, D. A. and Rafailov, E.U. (2009) Electronically controlled pulse duration passively mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 21 (16). pp. 1124-1126. ISSN 1041-1135

Abstract

A passive mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser with electronically controlled pulse duration is demonstrated. A DC voltage controlled p-n junction quantum-dot semiconductor saturable absorber mirror is presented. Output pulse durations varying from 17.4 to 6.4 ps were obtained by applying a DC voltage between 0 and -4.5 V. No dispersion compensation was used.