Visible Continuous-Wave Laser Transitions In Pr3+:Ylf And Femtosecond Pulse Generation

    Authors

    J. M. Sutherland; P. M. W. French; J. R. Taylor;B. H. T. Chai

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    EMISSION; Optics

    Abstract

    Fourteen new cw, visible laser transitions have been observed in Pr3+:YLF, several of which have exhibited modest tunability. The P-3(0) - H-3(6) transition near 613 nm has been shown to have a tunable linewidth of similar to 1 nm, which, for the first time to our knowledge, has permitted the direct production of femtosecond pulses in the visible from a cw solid-state laser by Kerr-lens mode locking. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    21

    Issue/Number

    11

    Publication Date

    1-1-1996

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    797

    Last Page

    799

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1996UM40100011

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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