• DocumentCode
    1182857
  • 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
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    9/15/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1601
  • Lastpage
    1602
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19941058
  • Filename
    326363