| US 7,453,913 B2 | ||
| Resonant Fabry-Perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters | ||
| Min Jiang, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US); Donald J. Harter, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US); Gregg D. Sucha, Manchester, Mich. (US); and Martin E. Fermann, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to IMRA America, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/197,852. | ||
| Application 09/738372 is a division of application No. 09/149368, filed on Sep. 08, 1998, granted, now 6,252,892, filed on Jun. 26, 2001. | ||
| Application 11/197852 is a continuation of application No. 09/738372, filed on Dec. 15, 2000, granted, now 6,956,887, filed on Oct. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0286569 A1, Dec. 29, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01S 3/098 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 372—18 [372/10] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A method of generating cw mode-locked laser energy, comprising:
generating Q-switched modelocking pulses, and
automatically evolving cw modelocking from said Q-switched modelocking pulses.
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