Title :
Multiplying the repetition rate of passive mode-locked femtosecond lasers by an intracavity flat surface with low reflectivity
Author :
Liu, Tzu-Ming ; Sun, Chi-Kuang ; Kärtner, Franz X. ; Fujimoto, James G.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a flexible and phase insensitive method to multiply the repetition-rate of passive mode-locked solid-state lasers in femtosecond regime. It was achieved by inserting a low-reflectivity flat surface inside the oscillator cavity.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; reflectivity; solid lasers; femtosecond lasers; intracavity flat surface; oscillator cavity; passive mode-locked lasers; phase insensitive method; reflectivity; repetition rate multiplication; solid-state lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202275
