Generation Of 150-Fs Tunable Pulses In Cr-Lisralf6

    Authors

    A. Miller; P. Likamwa; B. H. T. Chai;E. W. Vanstryland

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Sapphire Laser; Optics

    Abstract

    We report ultrashort-pulse generation in a Cr:LiSrAlF6 solid-state laser. The 15-mm crystal was pumped by 1 W of red light from a cw krypton laser and actively mode locked at an 82-MHz repetition frequency using an acousto-optic modulator. Wavelength tuning was demonstrated over the range 800-880 nm, limited by the bandwidth of the optical components. By including intracavity dispersion compensation, pulse widths of 150 fs were obtained with evidence that self-phase modulation contributes to spectral broadening and pulse shortening.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    17

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-1992

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    195

    Last Page

    197

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1992HB71500012

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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