DocumentCode :
2928149
Title :
A widely tunable picosecond Ti:sapphire laser without any mechanical action
Author :
Geng, J. ; Wada, Sho ; Tashiro, H.
Author_Institution :
RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
fYear :
2000
fDate :
7-12 May 2000
Firstpage :
486
Lastpage :
487
Abstract :
Summary form only given.Recently, we have demonstrated a widely electronically tunable subnanosecond Ti:sapphire laser pumped with a cw Q-switched LD-pumped Nd:YAG ]aser. The wavelength of the subnanosecond laser was continuously tuned by use of an intracavity acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) through the whole range of the laser gain. During tuning of the whole range, one needs to move a mirror to track change of the radio frequency (RF) applied to the AOTF. Here, we report what is, to our knowledge, the first operation of a cw widely tunable picosecond Ti:sapphire laser without any mechanical action. The laser wavelengths can be continuously tuned only by adjustment of the RF of an intracavity AOTF.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical Kerr effect; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; AOTF; continuously tuned; cw Q-switched LD-pumped Nd:YAG ]aser; cw widely tunable picosecond Ti:sapphire laser; intracavity acousto-optic tunable filter; laser gain; radio frequency; subnanosecond laser; widely electronically tunable subnanosecond Ti:sapphire laser; widely tunable picosecond Ti:sapphire laser; Intersymbol interference; Large Hadron Collider; Laser mode locking; Lungs; Mirrors; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907287
Filename :
907287
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