Title :
12-fs pulses from an all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser
Author :
Uemura, Shunsuke ; Torizuka, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Div., Electrotech. Lab., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Mode-locked Cr:LiSAF lasers are attractive femtosecond (fs)-pulse sources which can directly be pumped by compact diode lasers. Although 14.8-fs pulses were generated using Kr-ion laser as a pumping source, the pulse durations from all-solid-state Cr:LiSAF lasers have been no shorter than 18 fs. In this letter we present what we believe to be the first generation of 12-fs pulses from an all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser.
Keywords :
chromium; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; 12 fs; 12-fs pulse generation; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser; femtosecond pulse sources; mode-locked Cr:LiSAF lasers; pulse duration; Autocorrelation; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833917
