Title :
Broad Tunability in a Volume Bragg Grating Narrow Line Ti:Sapphire Oscillator
Author :
Hemmer, Michaël ; Joly, Yann ; Glebov, Lenoid ; Bass, Michael ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
A broadly-tunable and narrow line Ti:Sapphire oscillator is presented. Tunability over 47 nm has been demonstrated while maintaining a linewidth shorter than 10 pm. Simplifications of typically tedious alignment procedures of VBG lasers are also discussed.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser tuning; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; broad tuning; narrow line Ti:Sapphire oscillator; volume Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Fluorescence; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical refraction; Oscillators; Silicon compounds; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382469