Title

Efficient Continuous-Wave Tem(00) And Femtosecond Kerr-Lens Mode-Locked Cr:Lisrgaf Laser

Authors

Authors

I. T. Sorokina; E. Sorokin; E. Wintner; A. Cassanho; H. P. Jenssen;M. A. Noginov

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

GENERATION; Optics

Abstract

Efficient high-power (900-mW) TEM(00) cw operation of a Cr:LiSrGaF laser pumped by a Kr+ laser is demonstrated. The results of laser and spectroscopic analysis, including upconversion and excited-state absorption, are presented and used for the optimization of this laser. Kr+-laser-pumped mode-locked femtosecond operation (64 fs) was performed. Use of a modified resonator, which can decrease the threshold pump and intracavity power for Kerr-lens mode locking and increase the mode-locked output power (300 mW), is suggested. The influence of crystal axis misalignment on the tuning and mode-locking characteristics of the laser is studied. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

21

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

204

Last Page

206

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1996TU23300014

ISSN

0146-9592

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