May 1, 2001
Author(s)
John B. Schlager, Berton Callicoatt, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard Mirin, Norman Sanford, D. L. Veasey
Picosecond pulses are generated from a passively mode-locked ER3+/Yb3+ co-doped planar waveguide laser in an extended cavity configuration with a semiconductor saturable absorber mode locker. Average output power exceeds 8 mW and is expected to increase