High precision optical characterization of semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs)

Precise semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM) design has enabled modelocked lasers with >100 GHz pulse repetition rate or >10 muJ pulse energy. We discuss a new method for wide dynamic range nonlinear reflection measurements of SESAMs with <0.05% accuracy.

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