Abstract
We report the first demonstration to our knowledge of passive mode locking in a diode-pumped and codoped laser operating in the spectral region. Low-loss GaInNAs quantum-well semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors are used for the initiation and stabilization of the ultrashort-pulse generation. Pulses as short as were generated at with an average output power up to for of absorbed pump power produced by a high-brightness tapered laser diode. Passive mode locking has also been demonstrated around with typical average powers of around and pulse durations of .
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