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
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;
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
