Chirped-mirror-dispersion-compensated all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser

Author

Uemura, S. ; Torizuka, K.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Div., Electrotech. Lab., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Mode-locked Cr:LiSAF lasers are attractive femtosecond-pulse sources because Cr:LiSAF has a broad emission band (FWHM-200 nm) almost comparable with that of Ti:sapphire and can be directly pumped by diode lasers. Mode-locked Cr:LiSAF lasers could be compact and inexpensive sub-10-fs pulse sources. Recently, based on a precise measurement of Cr:LiSAF dispersion, 10 fs pulses were produced from an all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser with a prism pair. In this report, we succeed to expand the spectrum of an all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser using broadband chirped mirrors to produce sub-10-fs pulses.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; chirp modulation; chromium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical dispersion; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; strontium compounds; Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ laser; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; all-solid-state femtosecond laser; broadband chirped mirrors; chirped-mirror dispersion-compensated laser; femtosecond-pulse sources; intracavity prisms; mode-locked laser; spectral profile; Chirp; Diode lasers; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971066

Filename

971066