PULSE SHORTENING IN A ND-GLASS LASER BY GAIN RESHAPING AND SOLITON FORMATION

Authors
KOPF D KARTNER FX WEINGARTEN KJ KELLER U
Citation
D. Kopf et al., PULSE SHORTENING IN A ND-GLASS LASER BY GAIN RESHAPING AND SOLITON FORMATION, Optics letters, 19(24), 1994, pp. 2146-2148
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
24
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2146 - 2148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:24<2146:PSIANL>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We demonstrate that intracavity filtering and soliton formation in act ively mode-locked lasers can lead to pulse shortening by as much as a factor of 30. Pulses as short as 310 fs have been generated from a Nd: glass laser that is mode locked only by an acousto-optic modulator.