Title :
Broadband saturable absorber for 10-fs pulse generation
Author :
Jung, I.D. ; Fluck, R. ; Zhang, Ge ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Keller, Ulrich
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrate for the first time, we believe, a broadband low-finesse antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber (A-FPSA) that starts Kerr lens mode-locking (KLM) of a Ti:sapphire laser and supports 10-fs pulses.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; titanium; 10 fs; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Kerr lens mode-locking; Ti:sapphire laser; broadband antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber; pulse generation; Electrons; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Physics; Pulse generation; Silver; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
