Title :
All-solid-state diode-pumped modelocked Cr:LiSAF laser
Author :
French, Paul M. W. ; Mellish, Richard ; Taylor, J.R. ; Delfyett, Peter J. ; Florez, L.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci. & Technol., London, UK
fDate :
7/8/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A diode-pumped Cr:LiSrAlF6 laser has been modelocked for the first time using a multiquantum well absorber in an external cavity to yield CW trains of picosecond pulses.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; chromium; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; strontium compounds; CW trains; Cr:LiSrAlF 6; LiSrAlF 6:Cr laser; MQW absorber; diode-pumped modelocked; external cavity; multiquantum well absorber; picosecond pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930843