Ultrabroadband femtosecond lasers

Author

Spielmann, Christian ; Curley, Peter F. ; Brabec, Thomas ; Krausz, Ferenc

Author_Institution

Abteilung fur Quantenelektronik und Lasertech., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1100

Lastpage

1114

Abstract

The exploitation of soliton-like pulse shaping mechanisms and the optimization of phase dispersion in broadband self-modelocked solid state laser oscillators have led to unprecedented advances in ultrafast laser technology. This paper reviews the basic physical mechanisms governing pulse formation and addresses the requirements for optimum performance of these novel ultrashort pulse laser sources. These considerations together with the demonstration of ≈10 fs pulse generation from a Ti:sapphire laser suggest that a family of solid-state laser oscillators with comparable performance can be developed

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical solitons; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; Ti:sapphire laser; basic physical mechanisms; broadband self-modelocked solid state laser oscillators; optimum performance; phase dispersion; pulse formation; pulse generation; solid-state laser oscillators; soliton-like pulse shaping mechanism; ultrabroadband femtosecond lasers; ultrafast laser technology; ultrashort pulse laser sources; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Scanning probe microscopy; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.291379

Filename

291379