Title :
Efficient femtosecond Cr/sup 3+/:LiSAF laser powered by penlight batteries
Author :
Hopkins, J.-M. ; Valentine, G.J. ; Sibbett, W. ; Aus der Au, J. ; Keller, Ulrich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., St. Andrews Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report the operation of a low-threshold four-mirror laser using an AlGaAs semiconductor saturable absorbing mirror (SESAM) supplied by the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, to enable selfstarting femtosecond operation.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; secondary cells; solid lasers; strontium compounds; AlGaAs; AlGaAs semiconductor saturable absorbing mirror; Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ fs laser; Federal Institute of Technology; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; Zurich; femtosecond Cr/sup 3+/:LiSAF laser; low-threshold four-mirror laser; penlight batteries; selfstarting femtosecond operation; Batteries; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676249
