• DocumentCode
    2230966
  • Title

    High-power, diode-pumped modelocked Cr3+:LiCAF laser

  • Author

    Demirbas, Umit ; Sennaroglu, Alphan ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Fujimoto, James G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We describe a diode-pumped Cr3+:LiCAF laser which produces 590 mW of continuous-wave output power using two pump diodes. Passive mode locking with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror produces 97-fs, 2.8-nJ pulses near 800 nm wavelength.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; calcium compounds; chromium; distributed Bragg reflectors; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; LiCaAlF6:Cr; continuous-wave output power; diode-pumped modelocked laser; passive mode locking; power 590 mW; pump diodes; saturable Bragg reflector; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; time 97 fs; Chromium; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Mirrors; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; (140.3460) Lasers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode pumped; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571236
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2230966