Title :
Extending the tunability and spectral narrowing of Ti:Sapphire oscillator via Volume Bragg Grating based feedback
Author :
Hemmer, Michael ; Joly, Yann ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Glebov, Leonid ; Bass, Michael ; Richardson, Martin C.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
Abstract :
A Ti:sapphire oscillator tunable over 138 nm and maintaining a spectral linewidth less than 15 pm with no spectral jitter is presented. Outputs in the 200 mW regime with an excellent beam quality were achieved.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser tuning; optical feedback; sapphire; solid lasers; spectral line narrowing; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire oscillator; beam quality; power 200 mW; spectral narrowing; tunability; volume Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Diffraction; Holographic optical components; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Oscillators; (050.7330) Volume holographic gratings; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable; (140.4780) Optical resonators; (230.1480) Bragg reflectors;
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
