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Bulk GaAlAs Mirror as a Saturable Absorber for Subpicosecond Pulse Generation around 835 Nm

Marc-André Dupertuis, François Morier-Genoud, Denis Martin
1992
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We report on a bulk GaAlAs mirror which is used as a saturable absorber for subpicosecond pulse generation around 835 nm. The mirror consists of a 200 nm layer of bulk GaAlAs (with approximately 5% Al content) which is grown on a linear Bragg mirror and is used as a laser end mirror. The incorporation of the bulk GaAlAs mirror into a synchronously pumped styryl-9 dye laser leads to a significant mode locking improvement and pulse shortening. Optimum operation of the laser is obtained for wavelengths near the room temperature band edge of the GaAlAs material: at 836 nm close to bandwidth limited pulses with a duration of 220 fs are generated.

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Marc-André Dupertuis, François Morier-Genoud, Denis Martin
1992
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/9613b4b2-dd22-4c7e-940e-48853c3a86fe

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