Title :
Subpicosecond pulse generation from a chirped-pulse multipass-cavity Cr4+:Forsterite oscillator
Author :
Cankaya, Huseyin ; Akturk, Selcuk ; Sennaroglu, Alphan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Koc Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
We produced the highest pulse energy directly generated from a room-temperature, mode-locked Cr4+:forsterite oscillator. The chirped-pulse, multipass-cavity, 1261-nm oscillator operated at 4.9 MHz and produced 81 -nJ pulses which could be externally compressed to 620 fs.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; chromium; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; magnesium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; Mg2SiO4:Cr; chirped pulse multipass cavity oscillator; energy 81 nJ; subpicosecond pulse generation; temperature 293 K to 298 K; time 620 fs; wavelength 1261 nm; Cavity resonators; Chirp; Dispersion; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Optics; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4