Passive mode locking of the ytterbium doped orthovanadate crystal Yb:LuVO(4) is reported for the first time. We demonstrate what we believe to be the shortest pulses directly generated with an Yb-doped crystalline laser using a semiconductor saturable absorber. The pulses at 1036 nm have a duration as short as 58 fs for an average power of 85 mW.

Differential equations describing the interaction of two weakly overlapping autosolitons in the transverse section of a wide-aperture laser with a saturable absorber are derived and analyzed. The existence of in-phase and out-of-phase stable bound autosoliton states is predicted analytically and confirmed numerically.

Ultrashort-pulse lasers with spectral tuning capability have widespread applications in fields such as spectroscopy, biomedical research and telecommunications. Mode-locked fibre lasers are convenient and powerful sources of ultrashort pulses, and the inclusion of a broadband saturable absorber as a passive optical switch inside the laser cavity may offer tuneability over a range of wavelengths...

We report the generation of sub-picosecond modelocked pulses from an ultrafast laser inscribed Er-doped waveguide laser. 320 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 40 MHz and energy of 31 pJ were facilitated via passive modelocking by a carbon nanotube saturable absorber. Keywords-component; waveguide devices; ultrafast optics

We demonstrate a soliton fiber laser based on an anomalously dispersive erbium-doped fiber butt-coupled to a saturable absorber mirror for passive mode locking. The laser generates 180 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 491 MHz and exhibits a timing jitter as low as 20 fs over the frequency range 1 kHz-10 MHz.

We report on the generation of self-similar pulses from an self-starting saturable absorber mirror (SAM) based environmentally stable fiber laser comprising only polarization maintaining (PM) fibers. Pulse energies of 1 nJ at a repetition rate of 17 MHz were obtained, which could be externally compressed to an autocorrelation width of 280 fs.

We demonstrate sub-picosecond holmium-doped fiber laser mode-locked with a broadband carbon nanotube saturable absorber. Ultrashort pulse operation has been obtained for the wavelength range of 2030 – 2100 nm with output power up to 60 mW and repetition rate of 15.7 MHz. In te n s it y, 1 0 d B /d iv 212

InP/ZnSe/ZnS QDs with surface fluorination treatment were fabricated and their nonlinear saturable absorption properties explored. Passive Q-switching of diode-pumped Nd:YVO 4 near-infrared laser at 1064 nm (∼1.0 μm) using InP-HF as absorber (SA) is observed.

The passively mode-locked laser1–5 has been a muchstudied device in recent years. Ultrashort-pulse generation in laser systems makes use of a variety of schemes, including figure-of-eight fiber laser design,1 fast saturable absorbers,4 additive-pulse mode locking,5 and nonlinear polarization rotation.6,7 The use of a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror8 with a relatively slow response time ...

The beta2 integrin CR4 is involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis phagocytosis by human mononuclear phagocytes through the opsonin C3bi. In this study, we demonstrate that M. tuberculosis can bind directly to monocyte-derived macrophages via CR4 in the absence of any opsonins. CR4-transfected CHO cells gave similar results, suggesting recognition by CR4 of bacterial structure. Furthermore, bindi...