High-Energy, High-Repetition Rate Ti:sapphire Chirped Pulse Oscillators

Author

Verhoef, A.J. ; Fernández, A. ; Krausz, F. ; Apolonski, A.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Wien, Vienna

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The exact shape of the intracavity dispersion is predicted to have a large influence on the mode-locking characteristics and spectral shape of the output pulses of Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse oscillators. We have experimentally investigated the influence of the exact shape of the intracavity dispersion on the operation of such oscillators. Our experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions, and provide us with useful design criteria for high-energy chirped-pulse oscillators. Such a system is very interesting for spectroscopic applications that require high average power and wavelength tunability at a high repetition rate.

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser mode locking; oscillators; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; Ti:sapphire chirped pulse oscillators; high-energy pulse oscillators; intracavity dispersion; mode-locking characteristics; oscillator design; pulse spectral shape; spectroscopic applications; Chirp; Micromachining; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Power generation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386262

Filename

4386262