Title

14-fs pulse generation in Kerr-lens mode-locked prismless Cr:LiSGaF and Cr:LiSAF lasers: observation of pulse self-frequency shift

Authors

Authors

I. T. Sorokina; E. Sorokin; E. Wintner; A. Cassanho; H. P. Jenssen;R. Szipocs

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

OSCILLATOR; COATINGS; Optics

Abstract

Kerr-lens mode-locked Kr-laser-pumped Cr:LiSGaF and Cr:LiSAF lasers containing only two newly developed low-loss chirped mirrors instead of conventional dielectric resonator mirrors and generating pulses of widths as small as 14-fs with as much as 100 mW of average output power are reported. We report what is to our knowledge the first experimental observation of a pulse self-frequency shift in crystalline active media that are characteristic of such short pulses at megawatt intracavity peak powers. We also believe this phenomenon to be one of the significant limiting factors for pulse duration in femtosecond Cr:LiSAF-type lasers. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

22

Issue/Number

22

Publication Date

1-1-1997

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001716

Language

English

First Page

1716

Last Page

1718

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1997YF19400019

ISSN

0146-9592

Recommended Citation

"14-fs pulse generation in Kerr-lens mode-locked prismless Cr:LiSGaF and Cr:LiSAF lasers: observation of pulse self-frequency shift" (1997). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2103.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2103