Title :
Low-threshold low-noise all-solid-state femtosecond Cr/sup 3+/:LiSAF lasers
Author :
Critten, M.P. ; Burns, Dave ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution :
Allen Res. Labs., St. Andrews Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have constructed a self-mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser pumped by a single self-injection-locked semiconductor laser, which requires less than 75 mW of pump power to produce sub-100-fs pulses. The mode-locked operation was highly stable, as evidenced by a streak camera evaluation in the subpicosecond regime previously accessible only with phase-locked lasers.
Keywords :
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical pumping; solid lasers; 100 fs; 75 mW; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; femtosecond pulses; low-threshold low-noise all-solid-state Cr/sup 3+/:LiSAF laser; self-injection-locked semiconductor laser pumping; self-mode-locking; streak camera; Chromium; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
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
