Thin film of J-aggregates a saturable absorber for passive mode locking in a YAG:Nd3+ laser

Alexander I. Plekhanov; Aleksandr S. Kuch'yanov; Roman V. Markov; A. E. Simanchuk; V. I. Avdeeva; Boris I. Shapiro; Yu. L. Solomisky; Alexey I. Tolmachev

doi:10.1117/12.560946

7 April 2004 Thin film of J-aggregates a saturable absorber for passive mode locking in a YAG:Nd³⁺ laser

Alexander I. Plekhanov, Aleksandr S. Kuch'yanov, Roman V. Markov, A. E. Simanchuk, V. I. Avdeeva, Boris I. Shapiro, Yu. L. Solomisky, Alexey I. Tolmachev

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Proceedings Volume 5478, Laser Optics 2003: Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Frequency Conversion; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.560946
Event: Laser Optics 2003, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

Thin films of molecular J-aggregates of polymethyn dyes were obtained. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of the films were investigated. These thin films of J-aggregates were successfully used as saturable absorbers for passive mode-locking in YAG:Nd³⁺ laser for the first time. The reproduced generation of ultra short pulses with a duration of ~13 ps was obtained for two types of dyes forming the J-aggregates.

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Alexander I. Plekhanov, Aleksandr S. Kuch'yanov, Roman V. Markov, A. E. Simanchuk, V. I. Avdeeva, Boris I. Shapiro, Yu. L. Solomisky, and Alexey I. Tolmachev "Thin film of J-aggregates a saturable absorber for passive mode locking in a YAG:Nd³⁺ laser", Proc. SPIE 5478, Laser Optics 2003: Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Frequency Conversion, (7 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.560946

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