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Saturable absorber
-> see poster "Saturable absorber" (pdf)
and "Mounting types" (pdf) |
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| > | SAM™ - Saturable Absorber Mirror | ||||||
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Saturable absorber mirrors are Bragg-mirrors with AlAs/GaAs
quarter-wave stacks, grown on GaAs wafers with one or more low temperature GaAs (LT-GaAs)
or InGaAs films as saturable absorbers. With our patented semi-resonant design we meet the requirements of different passively mode-locked laser applications in the picosecond and femtosecond region. The saturable absorptance of the fast response films of LT-GaAs can be adjusted with our design in a wide region. More about SAMs ... As we seek interested buyers for the short pulse laser business, we will continue to fully support the needs of our customers and meet our commitments to them. |
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| > | SOC - Saturable Output Coupler | ||||||
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Using a saturable output coupler (SOC), a self-starting, passively mode-locked
diode-pumped solid-state laser with a very simple layout can be arranged. A SOC is a
combination of the saturable absorber mirror (SAM) with an output coupler. More about SOCs ... |
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| > | RSAM™ - Resonant Saturable Absorber Mirror | ||||||
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The resonant saturable absorber mirror (RSAM) is designated to reshape an optical signal.
An optical signal which propagates in optical fibers, communication nodes and other
optical devices used in telecommunications, is subject to optical losses and is modified.
After every amplification stage, which uses the stimulated optical emission process,
the signal to noise ratio decreases as a result of the inevitable spontaneous
emission. A RSAM, included after an optical amplifier, decreases the noise floor and
allows to pass the optical pulses unaffected due to the nonlinear-optical behavior. More about RSAM ... |
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| > | SANOS™ - Saturable Noise Suppressor | ||||||
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The SANOS is a device for improving the signal to noise ratio of an optical pulsed signal
using a RSAM as a nonlinear optical element. But whereas the RSAM is a reflecting device, the SANOS is a transmitting
device. This is the main advantage of the SANOS in comparison with the RSAM. More about SANOS ... |
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| > | SA - Saturable Absorber in transmission | ||||||
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The saturable absorber without a Bragg-mirror can be used for self-starting, passively mode-locking
of a laser in a similar way as a SAM, but it is working in transmission mode. It can be inserted for instance into
a fiber ring laser. |
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| > | Consulting services | ||||||
| Our partner RP Photonics Consulting GmbH offers detailed technical advice for the use of SAMs, e.g. for mode locking of lasers. | |||||||
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