• DocumentCode
    2249146
  • Title

    Extending the tunability and spectral narrowing of Ti:Sapphire oscillator via Volume Bragg Grating based feedback

  • Author

    Hemmer, Michael ; Joly, Yann ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Glebov, Leonid ; Bass, Michael ; Richardson, Martin C.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A Ti:sapphire oscillator tunable over 138 nm and maintaining a spectral linewidth less than 15 pm with no spectral jitter is presented. Outputs in the 200 mW regime with an excellent beam quality were achieved.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser tuning; optical feedback; sapphire; solid lasers; spectral line narrowing; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire oscillator; beam quality; power 200 mW; spectral narrowing; tunability; volume Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Diffraction; Holographic optical components; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Oscillators; (050.7330) Volume holographic gratings; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable; (140.4780) Optical resonators; (230.1480) Bragg reflectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572003