• DocumentCode
    2244814
  • Title

    The role of plasma formation in mode-locking of few-cycle Ti:Sapphire lasers: A spatiotemporal model

  • Author

    Chen, Li-Jin ; Lai, Chien-Jen ; Kärtner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The spatiotemporal pulse dynamics of few-cycle Ti: sapphire lasers is studied. It is found that in the high-intensity regime, plasma formation in the crystal plays an important role in the mode-locking process and for the laser behavior.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; plasma production by laser; sapphire; solid lasers; spatiotemporal phenomena; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; few cycle Ti:sapphire laser mode-locking; plasma formation; spatiotemporal pulse dynamics; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas; Spatiotemporal phenomena;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950802
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2244814