Tunable picosecond all solid-state Cr:LiSAF laser

Author

Aoshima, S. ; Itoh, H. ; Kuroyanagi, K. ; Takiguchi, Y. ; Ohbayashi, Y. ; Hirano, I. ; Tsuchiya, Y.

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Hamamatsu Photonics KK, Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

10-12 May 1994

Firstpage

937

Abstract

Many kinds of experiments about all solid-state Cr:LiSAF laser have been made for the purpose of generating tunable femtosecond pulses. For the first time, a tunable all solid-state cw laser having tunability over more than 100 nm was developed by using new spectrum selection self-injection locking (SSSIL) method in 1992. We report that we have realized tunable picosecond radiation from an all solid-state laser with 146~200 ps pulses in a 88 nm range. Also, 70 fs pulse generation was achieved using a Kerr-lens mode-locking pumped with an Ar⁺ laser

Keywords

argon; chromium; gas lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical pumping; solid lasers; strontium compounds; 100 nm; 146 to 200 ps; 70 fs; 88 nm; Ar; Ar⁺ laser; Cr:LiSAF laser; Kerr-lens mode-locking; LiSrAlF₆:Cr; solid-state cw laser; spectrum selection self-injection locking; tunability; tunable femtosecond pulses; tunable picosecond radiation; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical reflection; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1994. IMTC/94. Conference Proceedings. 10th Anniversary. Advanced Technologies in I & M., 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Hamamatsu

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1880-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1994.351952

Filename

351952