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| U. Keller, D. A. B. Miller, G. D. Boyd, T.
H. Chiu, J. F. Ferguson, M. T. Asom "Passively mode-locked Nd:YLF and Nd:YAG Lasers
using a new intracavity antiresonant semiconductor Fabry-Perot" OSA Proceedings on
Advanced Solid-State Lasers, 13, 1992, Lloyd L. Chase and Albert A. Pinto (eds.)
98-100. A new antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber (A-FPSA) is an intracavity, low-loss, compact (total thickness less than 500 um) nonlinear mirror which starts and sustains stable modelocking of Nd:YLF and Nd:YAG lasers and produces 3.3ps pulse durations respectively. Using a Fabry-Perot at antiresonance transforms the semiconductor to a high saturation intensity, low-loss saturable absorber as required for modelocking solid-state lasers. In addition, we are able to passively Q-switch the Nd:YLF laser. |
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