• DocumentCode
    521325
  • Title

    Mode locking with minimum nonlinearity using inverse-gain output couplers

  • Author

    Chen, Li-Jin ; Sander, Michelle Y. ; Kärtner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Broadband laser mode-locking is demonstrated at greatly reduced modelocking strength with an output coupler that compensates for gain filtering. The concept is demonstrated with a >8 fs Ti:sapphire laser showing dramatically improved stability and beam quality.
  • Keywords
    Couplers; Filtering; Filters; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500941
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=521325