Title :
Ultrashort pulse generation from a passively mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser based system
Author :
Sarukura, Nobuhiko ; Ishida, Yuzo
Author_Institution :
Photo Dynamics Res. Center, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Sendai, Japan
fDate :
10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The detailed characteristics of a passively mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser using saturable absorbers are described. This laser can stably generate nearly transform-limited sub-100-fs pulses around 780 nm. Combining this oscillator and a double-pass Ti:sapphire amplifier pumped by a CW Q-switched YAG laser (3 kHz) allows fiber-grating pulse compression down to 14 fs
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 14 fs; 3 kHz; 780 nm; Al2O3:Ti; YAl5O12:Jk; continuous wave Q-switched YAG laser; detailed characteristics; double-pass Ti:sapphire amplifier; fiber-grating pulse compression; passively mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser based system; saturable absorbers; transform limited pulses; ultrashort pulse generation; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pump lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
