Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 8, Issue 7, 676(2010)

Ultrafast spectroscopy of semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Jing Zhang1,2, Dominik Bauer2, Farina Konig2, Thomas Dekorsy2, Xihe Zhang1, and Yafu Chen1
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  • 1Department of Physics, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2Department of Physics and Center of Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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    Ultrafast spectroscopy of semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) is measured using a femtosecond pump-probe experiment. This allows dynamic responses of SESAM in the cavity to be concluded by ultrafast spectroscopy. Change in reflection is measured as a function of pump-probe delay for different pump excitation fluences. Change of nonlinear reflection of SESAM is measured as a function of incident light energy density. When the excitation fluence increases, nonlinear change in ultrafast spectroscopy of SESAM becomes increasingly significant. When SESAM is pumped by an ultrahigh excitation fluence, the energy density of which is approximately 1400 \mu J/cm<sup>2</sup>, two-photon absorption can be observed visibly in its ultrafast spectroscopy.

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    Jing Zhang, Dominik Bauer, Farina Konig, Thomas Dekorsy, Xihe Zhang, Yafu Chen, "Ultrafast spectroscopy of semiconductor saturable absorber mirror," Chin. Opt. Lett. 8, 676 (2010)

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jan. 26, 2010

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 19, 2010

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    DOI:10.3788/COL20100807.0676

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