Continuous-wave and picosecond mode-locked output from an ultra-violet Ce:LiCAF laser

Author

Granados, Eduardo ; Coutts, David W. ; Spence, David J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we will show results of the first quasi-cw and mode-locked output from a Ce:LiCAF laser, opening the way to a new approach to generating attosecond pulses using three mirror cavity. The 1.25 mm-long cerium crystal was synchronously pumped by a quadrupled mode-locked Nd:YAG laser. The pump was chopped to avoid thermal effects in the doubling crystals. By matching the cavity lengths of the pump and cerium laser, picosecond mode-locked operation was achieved at 290 nm.

Keywords

calcium compounds; cerium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; LiCaAlF₆:Ce; attosecond pulse generation; cerium laser; continuous-wave ultra-violet laser; doubling crystals; mirror cavity; picosecond laser mode-locking; quasiCW quadrupled laser; size 1.25 mm; synchronous-pumped laser; wavelength 290 nm; Bandwidth; Choppers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192496

Filename

5192496