Title :
General design rules for multi-pass cavity lasers in ultrashort pulse generation
Author :
Sennaroglu, A. ; Kowalevicz, A.M. ; Zare, A. ; Fujimoto, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present a general analysis of q-preserving multi-pass cavities (MPC) which can be used in the construction of high-energy and compact ultrashort pulse sources. The application of MPC designs to femtosecond Ti/sup 3+/:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ lasers is described.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical design techniques; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; titanium; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti/sup 3+/; MPC designs; femtosecond lasers; multipass cavity lasers; ultrashort pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
