Title :
High-average power mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with newly-invented intra-cavity cw-amplifier
Author :
Zhenlin Liu ; Izumida, S. ; Ono, S. ; Ohtake, H. ; Sarukura, N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
We have demonstrated amplification of a femtosecond mode-locked pulse train by a newly invented intra-cavity cw-amplification scheme, and obtained 3.4-W average power from a femtosecond mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. This scheme will be widely applicable for other femtosecond mode-locked solid-state lasers to scale the output power up to multi-watt level. Such average power scalability of femtosecond mode-locked solid state lasers will be of a great advantage compared to femtosecond fiber lasers.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 3.4 W; average power; average power scalability; femtosecond mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; femtosecond mode-locked pulse train; femtosecond mode-locked solid state lasers; femtosecond mode-locked solid-state lasers; high-average power mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; intra-cavity cw-amplification scheme; intra-cavity cw-amplifier; multi-watt level; output power scaling; Autocorrelation; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Optimized production technology; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811493
