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PASSIVE MODE LOCKING OF A Nd³⁺:YAG LASER WITH A SATURABLE ABSORBER IN THE FORM OF THIN FILMS OF J-AGGREGATES

A. I. PLEKHANOV

Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Koptyuga 1, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

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A. S. KUCH'YANOV

Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Koptyuga 1, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

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R. V. MARKOV

Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Koptyuga 1, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

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A. E. SIMANCHUK

Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Koptyuga 1, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

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V. I. AVDEEVA

NIIKhimFotoProekt Research Center, Leningradskii pr.47, 125167, Moscow, Russia

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B. I. SHAPIRO

NIIKhimFotoProekt Research Center, Leningradskii pr.47, 125167, Moscow, Russia

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V. V. SHELKOVNIKOV

Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Lavrentjeva 9, 630090,Novosibirsk-90, Russia

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218863504002171Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A novel type of a saturable absorber for passive mode locking was proposed. As the novel saturable absorber, we studied the thin solid films of the molecular J-aggregates of polymethyn dyes. The films of the J-aggregates were prepared using different polymethyn dyes. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of these films were investigated. Passive mode locking using these films as the saturable absorber was performed in a Nd³⁺:YAG laser. Stable generation of short pulses (pulse duration 13 ps) was achieved.

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