Intracavity semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM's) offer unique and exciting
possibilities for passively pulsed solid-state laser systems, extending from Q-switched …

This graduate-level textbook starts with Maxwell's equations. If the reader finds this
reasonable, this book should be helpful. Focusing on ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators …

We present two novel semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) designs which can
exhibit more than ten times lower saturation fluence than classical SESAM devices. Design …

Today's ultrafast all-solid-state lasers continue to demonstrate unsurpassed performances in
terms of pulse duration, pulse repetition rates, average power and wavelength range …

Semiconductor materials are well established for use in electronic and optoelectronic
devices. Remarkable advances in semiconductor growth and processing technology have …

Since 1990 we have observed a tremendous progress in ultrashort pulse generation using
solid-state lasers (Fig. 2.1. 1). Until the end of the 1980's, ultrashort pulse generation was …

A passive mode-locked Cr: forsterite laser with electronically controlled pulse duration is
demonstrated. A DC voltage controlled pn junction quantum-dot semiconductor saturable …

The dynamics of laser oscillators can be directly accessed by modulating the intracavity
losses. The authors present a new approach of optically driven loss modulation by means of …

All-optical active mode locking of a picosecond Nd: YVO_4 laser is demonstrated by use of
an intracavity semiconductor nonlinear Fabry–Perot mirror. The reflectivity of the Fabry …

A semianalytical evaluation of laser-beam-induced thermal deformation of III–V
semiconductor-based saturable Bragg reflectors is presented. The thermally induced …