Semiconductor laser with a saturable absorber
US5283799A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/026
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In this laser two successive sections of a light guide form a light amplifier (S1) and a saturable absorber (S2). In the invention a passive section (S3) of the guide follows the absorber. The invention is applicable especially to processing an optical signal.
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