Open AccessEXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF A SELF-STARTING KERR-LENS-MODE-LOCKING USING A SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRROR
Author(s) -
Li Chai,
Qingyue Wang,
Jing Zhao,
Qirong Xing,
Zhigang Zhang
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.50.1298
Subject(s) - saturable absorption , optics , materials science , semiconductor , lens (geology) , mode locking , kerr effect , sapphire , laser , broadband , mechanism (biology) , optoelectronics , physics , nonlinear system , fiber laser , quantum mechanics
The self-starting dynamics of the Kerr-lens-mode-locking (KLM) in a Ti:sapphire laser using an intracavity broadband semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) was investigated experimentally.The mechanism of the self-starting KLM using a SESAM was investigated and discussed.