Title :
Recent advances in Cr: Colquiriite laser technology
Author :
Umit Demirbas;Sava Sakadžić;Kyung-Han Hong;Jonathan R. Birge;Duo Li;Hyunil Byun;Peter Fendel;Gale S. Petrich;Leslie A. Kolodziejski;David A. Boas;Alphan Sennaroglu;Franz X. Kćrtner;James G. Fujimoto
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02139, USA
Abstract :
We summarize recent progress in low-cost and highly-efficient Cr:Colquiriite laser technology. Pumping with inexpensive single-mode diodes, 270-mW of output power and a total tunability from 754 to 1042 nm were demonstrated in continuous-wave operation. In mode-locked operation, 100-fs pulses with 50-nJ pulse energy were demonstrated.
Keywords :
"Chromium","Pump lasers","Laser mode locking","Diodes","Power generation","Laser excitation","Laser tuning","Mirrors","Laser theory","Costs"
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS ´09. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343217
