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Mode-locking of neodymium lasers by glasses doped with PbS nanocrystals

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Nonlinear optical absorption properties of silicate glasses doped by the PbS nanocrystals were investigated by means of the picosecond pump-probe absorption spectroscopy and absorption bleaching technique. The glass samples were used as saturable absorbers for passive mode-locking of Nd : YAG and Nd : glass lasers. Application of the PbS doped glass together with the active mode-locking and laser cavity quality control enabled the stable of generation of 28 ps and 5 ps duration pulses in Nd : YAG and Nd : glass lasers respectively.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Savanoriu pr. 231, 2028, Vilnius, Lithuania

    A. Dementjev, V. Gulbinas & L. Valkunas

  2. Center TOM, Babushkin Street 36/1, 193171, St. Petersburg, Russia

    I. Motchalov & H. Raaben

  3. EKSPLA Ltd., Vilnius Savanoriu pr. 231, 2053, Vilnius, Lithuania

    A. Michailovas

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Dementjev, A., Gulbinas, V., Valkunas, L. et al. Mode-locking of neodymium lasers by glasses doped with PbS nanocrystals. Appl. Phys. B 77, 595–599 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1284-6

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