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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
