Self-Starting Kerr-Lens Mode-Locked Femtosecond Cr4+:Yag And Picosecond Pr3+:Ylf Solid-State Lasers

    Authors

    Y. P. Tong; J. M. Sutherland; P. M. W. French; J. R. Taylor; A. V. Shestakov;B. H. T. Chai

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    TI-SAPPHIRE LASER; GENERATION; RESONATORS; Optics

    Abstract

    We have observed true self-starting Kerr-lens mode locking in two distinct solid-state laser systems operating at room temperature by optimizing the cavity geometry to maximize the amplitude modulation with respect to the intracavity power variation. Pulses of 15 ps have been obtained from a Pr3+:YLF laser system operating at 607 nm, and 53-fs pulses have been obtained from Cr4+:YAG at 1.54 mu m. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    21

    Issue/Number

    9

    Publication Date

    1-1-1996

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    644

    Last Page

    646

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1996UG32200008

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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