Femtosecond solid-state lasers

Author

Krausz, Ferenc ; Fermann, Martin E. ; Brabec, Thomas ; Curley, Peter F. ; Hofer, Martin ; Ober, Manfred H. ; Spielmann, Christian ; Wintner, Emst ; Schmidt, A.J.

Author_Institution

Abteilung Quantenelektronik und Lasertech., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria

Volume

28

Issue

10

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2097

Lastpage

2122

Abstract

The emergence of new ultrafast optical modulation techniques has opened the way towards a new femtosecond laser technology based on solid-state gain media. The authors address the requirements for stable ultrashort pulse generation in these novel femtosecond sources. The theoretical considerations are backed up by experimental results obtained with a number of different laser systems. The conclusions drawn from the presented theoretical and experimental investigations provide general guidelines for the design and optimization of a wide range of femtosecond solid-state laser oscillators

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; solid lasers; design; experimental results; femtosecond laser technology; femtosecond solid-state laser oscillators; optimization; solid-state gain media; stable ultrashort pulse generation; theoretical considerations; ultrafast optical modulation techniques; Design optimization; Guidelines; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical modulation; Oscillators; Pulse generation; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.159520

Filename

159520