Passive saturable absorbers
Passive saturable absorbers for short-pulse lasers

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Passive saturable absorbers
Passive saturable absorbers for short-pulse lasers

Author : Richard MONCORGÉ

Publication date: July 10, 2019, Review date: October 3, 2023 | Lire en français

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2. Passive saturable absorbers

A saturable absorber (SA) material for laser application is a doped material or semiconductor placed intracavity that introduces optical losses by absorption and whose transmission increases by saturation (figure 1 ) when traversed by sufficiently intense light radiation.

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