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3. Different types of materials and associated parameters
There are various types of saturable absorber materials and devices with a wide range of parameters that can be used to achieve "passive" Q-switched or mode-locked laser operation, some of which are more suitable for one mode of operation than the other.
Among these different materials, the three most important categories are :
transparent crystals and ceramics based on dielectric or semiconductor materials doped with transition ions from the iron group ;
semiconductor-based mirror structures known as SESAM ,
nanomaterials in thin-film or nanoparticle form (quantum dots) based on semiconductors doped or not by defects.
That said, because of their optical and dynamic characteristics, but also their damage thresholds,...
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ASSL – International conference on Advanced Solid State Lasers, held every year in Europe, the United States and Asia. http://assl.osa.org/home/
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