DocumentCode
376665
Title
Broadly tunable directly diode-pumped mode-locked Cr/sup 4+/:YAG laser
Author
Sorokina, I.T. ; Naumov, S. ; Sorokin, E.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Photonik, TU Wien, Austria
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
We present the first compact diode-pumped tunable between 1416 and 1527 nm actively mode-locked cw room-temperature Cr:YAG laser, typically delivering 15 ps pulses at 30 mW. Pulses as short as 2.6 ps at 400 mW average power were generated with Nd:YLF pumping.
Keywords
chromium; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1416 to 1527 nm; 15 ps; 2.6 ps; 30 mW; 400 mW; CW room-temperature laser; Cr/sup 4+/:YAG laser; Nd:YLF pumping; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; acousto-optically initiated mode-locking; actively mode-locked laser; broadly tunable laser; compact diode-pumped laser; directly diode-pumped mode-locked laser; intensity autocorrelation traces; ultrashort pulses; Chromium; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6738-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971045
Filename
971045
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