Title :
Mode locking with minimum nonlinearity using inverse-gain output couplers
Author :
Chen, Li-Jin ; Sander, Michelle Y. ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Broadband laser mode-locking is demonstrated at greatly reduced modelocking strength with an output coupler that compensates for gain filtering. The concept is demonstrated with a >8 fs Ti:sapphire laser showing dramatically improved stability and beam quality.
Keywords :
Couplers; Filtering; Filters; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
