title: All-optical active mode locking with a nonlinear semiconductor modulator.
abstract: 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-Perot mirror is modulated by optical carrier injection. Depending on the carrier recombination time, the width of the Nd:YVO(4) laser pulses varies from 6 to 20 ps, as is typical for passively mode-locked Nd:YVO(4) lasers.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ell
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Morgner
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Schibli
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Kärtner
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lederer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braun