• DocumentCode
    2870911
  • Title

    A low-threshold self-referenced Ti:sapphire optical frequency comb

  • Author

    Kirchner, M.S. ; Fortier, T.M. ; Bartels, A. ; Diddams, S.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an octave-spanning, self-referenced optical frequency comb produced with a high repetition rate (frep=575 MHz) femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser that requires less that 1 W of 532 nm pump power.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pumping; ring lasers; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; femtosecond laser frequency comb; frequency 575 MHz; mode-locking threshold; octave-spanning continuum; pump power; repetition rate; self-referenced optical frequency comb; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628212
  • Filename
    4628212