Title :
Modelocking of a diode-laser-pumped Ti:sapphire laser
Author :
Roth, Peter W. ; Maclean, Alexander J. ; Burns, David ; Kemp, Alan J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Modelocking of a directly diode-laser-pumped Ti:sapphire laser is demonstrated. Near transform-limited pulses of 116fs duration are measured for an output power of 9mW under pumping at 452nm with a 1W gallium nitride diode laser.
Keywords :
Diodes; Gallium nitride; III-V semiconductor materials; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; 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
