Auto-aligned femtosecond laser system controlled by genetic algorithm

Author

Itatani, T. ; Murakawa, M. ; Kasai, Y. ; Higuchi, T. ; Nosato, H. ; Furuya, T.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Advanced Ind. Sci. & Technol., Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

66

Abstract

Summary from only given. This paper describes an auto-aligned femtosecond laser system controlled by genetic algorithm (GA). Femtosecond lasers have been developed rapidly, and generation of sub 10-fs pulses has been achieved by Kerr lens mode-locking. However, for femtosecond lasers, it is necessary to consider the nonlinear effect because the nonlinearity in the cavity is enhanced as the peak power increases.

Keywords

genetic algorithms; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 10 fs; Kerr lens mode-locking; auto-aligned femtosecond laser system; genetic algorithm; laser cavity nonlinearity; nonlinear effect; peak power; pump power; resolution; Control systems; Genetic algorithms; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical control; Optical pulse generation; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033439

Filename

1033439