Title :
Spectral narrowing in a dual Volume Bragg Grating Ti:Sapphire oscillator
Author :
Hemmer, Michaël ; TeYuan Chung ; Chen, Ying ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Glebov, Leonid B. ; Richardson, Martin C. ; Bass, Michael
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
Spectral narrowing of Ti:sapphire down to two longitudinal modes has been achieved in the 3 W pump power range and 200 mW output using a compact design. Further improvements leading to single mode operation are discussed.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser modes; laser stability; optical design techniques; sapphire; solid lasers; spectral line narrowing; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti: sapphire oscillator; dual volume Bragg grating; longitudinal modes; power 2 mW; power 3 W; single mode operation; spectral narrowing; Bragg gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452720
