Title :
Kerr lens modelocked solid state laser in the red (639 nm)
Author :
Ruan, Shuang-chen ; French, Paul M. W. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Chai, B.H.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London
fDate :
9/15/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report Kerr lens modelocking of the Pr3+:YLF laser, operating at 639 nm, initiated through the use of a solid state saturable absorber, generating pulsewidths of 8 ps at repetition rates around 100 MHz
Keywords :
laser mode locking; lenses; optical Kerr effect; optical saturable absorption; praseodymium; solid lasers; 100 MHz; 639 nm; 8 ps; Kerr lens modelocking; LiYF4:Pr; Pr3+:YLF laser; YLF:Pr; pulsewidths; red laser; repetition rates; solid state laser; solid state saturable absorber;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941058
