Intracavity-dispersion analysis of an all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser

Author

Uemura, S. ; Torizuka, K.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Div., Electrotech. Lab., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

211

Abstract

Mode-locked Cr:LiSAF lasers are attractive femtosecond (fs)-pulse sources which can directly be pumped by compact diode lasers. Although 14.8-fs pulses were generated using Kr-ion laser as a pumping source, the pulse durations from all-solid-state Cr:LiSAF lasers have been no shorter than 18 fs. In the report we analyze intracavity dispersions of the all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser which produces 12-fs pulses, This is to our knowledge the shortest pulses ever produced from a mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; chromium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; strontium compounds; 12 fs; 14.8 fs; 18 fs; Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ laser; Kr; Kr-ion laser; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; all-solid-state femtosecond laser; all-solid-state lasers; compact diode lasers; femtosecond pulse sources; intracavity dispersions; intracavity-dispersion analysis; mode-locked laser; pulse durations; pumping source; Delay estimation; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811378

Filename

811378