Title :
A mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser pumped directly with a green diode laser
Author :
Sawai, Shota ; Hosaka, Aruto ; Hirosawa, Kenichi ; Kannari, Fumihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We report a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser pumped directly with a 1-W InGaN diode laser emitting at 518 nm. Pulse durations as short as 62 fs and average output powers of up to 23.5 mW are obtained.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; InGaN; average output powers; green diode laser; mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; optical pumping; power 1 W; pulse durations; time 62 fs; wavelength 518 nm; Crystals; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
