• DocumentCode
    2669759
  • Title

    12-fs, diode-pumped Cr/sup 3+/:LiCAF laser

  • Author

    Wagenblast, P. ; Morgner, U. ; Grawert, F. ; Kartner, F.X.

  • Author_Institution
    High-Frequency & Quantum Electron. Lab., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    12-fs-pulses from a diode-pumped, soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr/sup 3+/:LiCAF laser with a spectral bandwidth of 143 nm, 25 mW of output power at a repetition rate of 112 MHz are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; lenses; optical Kerr effect; optical pumping; solid lasers; 112 MHz; 12 fs; 25 mW; Cr/sup 3+/:LiCAF laser; LiCaAlF/sub 6/:Cr; diode pump; femtosecond pulses; mode-locked laser; soft-aperture Kerr-lens; spectral bandwidth; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Chromium; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238445
  • Filename
    1276265