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

    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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