1-GHz repetition-rate mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser using a saturable Bragg reflector

Author

Zhenlin Liu ; Izumida, S. ; Chengyou Liu ; Sarukura, N. ; Hikita, T. ; Segawa, Yuji ; Itatani, T. ; Sugaya, Takeyoshi ; Nakagawa, T. ; Sugiyama, Youhei

Author_Institution

RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

29

Abstract

Summary form only given. We investigated high-repetition rate mode-locked operation of a Ti:sapphire laser with SBR. The mode-locked laser setup using a semiconductor saturable Bragg reflector as a saturable absorber is shown. The cavity geometry is designed for high-repetition rate mode-locking pulse generation. We obtained self starting 10.3-ps pulses at a 1.02-GHz repetition rate with 640-mW output power. Autocorrelation traces are shown before and after external dispersion compensation. A pulsewidth as short as 1.6 ps has been obtained after external dispersion compensation.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical saturable absorption; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Chemical lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Quantum well lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864317