Title :
Femtosecond pulses generation from chromium-doped cunyite laser
Author :
Jeanty, Michelet ; Kartazaev, V. ; Sharonov, M. ; Bykov, A. ; Alfano, R.R.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch., Inst. for Ultrafast Spectrosc., City Univ. of New York, New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Femtosecond pulses as short as 365 fs were generated from a Cr4+: Cunyite laser using a combination of a broadband semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), chirped mirrors, and passive mode locking.
Keywords :
calcium compounds; chromium; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; Ca2GeO4:Cr; broadband semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; chirped mirrors; femtosecond pulses generation; passive mode locking; solid lasers; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4