Title :
250 mW from a 1 cm Cr/sup 4+/:YAG microchip laser
Author :
Schibli, T.R. ; Kremp, T. ; Morgner, U. ; Kurtner, F.X.
Author_Institution :
High Frequency & Quantum Electron. Lab., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only. Compact, reliable, tunable and cheap sources for pico and femtosecond pulses in the optical communications wavelength range at high repetition rates around 10 GHz are still not available. In this paper, we demonstrate the first step towards such a device based on a 1 cm long Cr/sup 4+/:YAG laser crystal.
Keywords :
chromium; laser transitions; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 cm; 250 mW; Cr/sup 4+/:YAG laser crystal; Cr/sup 4+/:YAG microchip laser; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; femtosecond pulses; high repetition rates; optical communications wavelength range; picosecond pulses; reliable tunable cheap sources; Chromium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910168
