Title :
Ultrafast diode-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser generating 200-mW average power in 68-fs pulses
Author :
Gurel, Kutan ; Hoffmann, Martin ; Saraceno, Clara J. ; Wittwer, Valentin J. ; Hakobyan, Sargis ; Resan, Bojan ; Rohrbacher, Andreas ; Weingarten, Kurt ; Schilt, Stephane ; Sudmeyer, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Lab. Temps-Frequence, Univ. de Neuchatel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present the highest average power from a diode-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser. Using self-starting SESAM-modelocking we obtain 200 mW in 68-fs pulses at 378 MHz. The laser is pumped by two air-cooled 520 nm AlInGaN laser diodes.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; air-cooled AlInGaN laser diodes; frequency 378 MHz; power 200 mW; self-starting SESAM-mode-locking; time 68 fs; ultrafast diode-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser; wavelength 520 nm; Crystals; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
