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PbS quantum-dot-doped glasses for ultrashort-pulse generation

Wundke et al., 2000

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5031591186224423770
Author
Wundke K
Pötting S
Auxier J
Schülzgen A
Peyghambarian N
Borrelli N
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Applied Physics Letters

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We investigate the use of PbS quantum-dot-doped glasses as saturable absorbers for ultrashort-pulse lasers by means of absorption bleaching experiments and numerical analysis of the pulse shaping process using the Haus' master equation. We explain the …
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