Title :
Diode-pumped self-starting few optical cycle pulse generation at 1.5 μm
Author :
Naumov, Sergei ; Sorokin, Evgeni ; Sorokina, Irina T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Photonik, Technische Univ. Wien, Austria
Abstract :
Two ways to generate self-starting few optical cycle pulses around 1.5 μm using a compact diode-pumped Cr:YAG laser (purely Kerr-lens mode-locking and SESAM assisted mode-locking) are reviewed. The shortest reported at 1.5 μm transform-limited 27 fs (five optical cycles) pulses could be obtained using a novel hybrid dielectric-InGaAs/InP SESAM.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; chromium; diodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; infrared spectra; laser mode locking; lenses; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.5 micron; 27 fs; InGaAs-InP; Kerr-lens mode-locking; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; diode-pumped Cr:YAG laser; hybrid dielectric-InGaAs-InP self-starting optical cycle pulse generation; Dielectrics; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274599
