A 15-MHz high peak power KLM Ti:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser using multiple-pass long cavity

Author

Cho, SeongHwan ; Bouma, B.E. ; Ippen, Erich P ; Fujimoto, J.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

364

Lastpage

365

Abstract

Summary form only given. Mode-locked operation at 15 MHz has been demonstrated using a novel and long-cavity laser with a multi-pass long cavity (MPC). We successfully obtained 0.5 MW peak power and 20 fs nearly transform-limited pulse from Kerr lens mode locked (KLM) Ti:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser. This unprecedented low repetition rate laser suggests new approaches for achieving MW-level peak powers from laser cavities.

Keywords

alumina; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; solid lasers; titanium; 0.5 MW; 0.5 mW; 20 fs; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Kerr lens mode locked Ti:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser; MHz high peak power; MW peak power; MW-level peak powers; Ti:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser; fs nearly transform-limited pulse; laser cavities; low repetition rate laser; mode-locked operation; multiple-pass long cavity; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical beams; Optical design; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676311

Filename

676311