Resonant Fabry-Perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters
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1. A method of generating cw mode-locked laser energy, comprising:
- generating Q-switched modelocking pulses, andautomatically evolving cw modelocking from said Q-switched modelocking pulses.
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Abstract
An intracavity resonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber (R-FPSA) induces modelocking in a laser such as a fiber laser. An optical limiter such as a two photon absorber (TPA) can be used in conjunction with the R-FPSA, so that Q-switching is inhibited, resulting in laser output that is cw modelocked. By using both an R-FPSA and a TPA, the Q-switched modelocked behavior of a fiber laser is observed to evolve into cw modelocking.
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1. A method of generating cw mode-locked laser energy, comprising:
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generating Q-switched modelocking pulses, and automatically evolving cw modelocking from said Q-switched modelocking pulses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of generating cw mode-locked laser energy, comprising:
generating Q-switched mode locked pulses to yield cw mode-locked laser pulses, and suppressing said Q-switched mode locked pulses. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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