Title :
Broadband mode-locking with phase-matched output couplers
Author :
Shih-Hsuan Chia ; Li-Jin Chen ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
A phase-matched output coupler is introduced and used to improve broadband modelocking of a Ti:sapphire laser with a tunable enhancement of >15dB at long wavelengths while maintaining a good beam profile.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical couplers; optical phase matching; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium compounds; Al2O3:Ti; broadband mode-locking; phase-matched output couplers; titanium:sapphire laser tuning; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical frequency conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
