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

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

407

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811493

Filename

811493