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Mode locked and Q-switched Cr:ZnSe laser using a Semiconductor Saturable Absorbing Mirror (SESAM)

Clifford R. Pollock, Nathan A. Brilliant, Douglas Gwin, Timothy J. Carrig, W. J. Alford, J. B. Héroux, W. I. Wang, I. Vurgaftman, J. R. Meyer

Advanced Solid-State Photonics · 2005 · 10 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

A passively mode-locked cw Cr:ZnSe laser operating near 2.5 mm generated 11 psec pulses using a Semiconductor Saturable Absorbing Mirror (SESAM). Passive Q-switched operation could also be obtained with the same SESAM.

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