Title :
Application of double-clad fiber to diode-pumped femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser
Author :
Xiang Liu ; Liejia Qian ; Wise, Frank ; Zhigang Zhang ; Itatani, T. ; Sugaya, Takeyoshi ; Nakagawa, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We describe a femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser pumped by a high-power diode bar through a double-clad laser fiber that effectively conditions the output of the diode bar while shifting the wavelength to an absorption band of the Cr/sup 4+/ ion. Mode-locking is initiated and stabilized by a semiconductor saturable absorber.
Keywords :
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fibres; optical pumping; solid lasers; Mg/sub 2/SiO/sub 4/:Cr; diode pumping; double clad fiber; femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser; mode locking; semiconductor saturable absorber; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser theory; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676036
