Self-starting of additive-pulse modelocked laser using novel bonded saturable Bragg reflector

摘要

The authors present the design and modelocking results of a self-starting additive-pulse modelocked (APM) NaCl:OH-laser, using a novel saturable Bragg reflector (SBR) as the starting mechanism. This new SBR/APM laser produces /spl sim/200 fs pulses without dedicated dispersion compensating optics, and maintains a stable pulse train even without active cavity length stabilisation.