CONTINUOUS-WAVE SELF-MODE-LOCKED OPERATION OF A FEMTOSECOND CR4-YAG LASER()

Authors
SENNAROGLU A POLLOCK CR NATHEL H
Citation
A. Sennaroglu et al., CONTINUOUS-WAVE SELF-MODE-LOCKED OPERATION OF A FEMTOSECOND CR4-YAG LASER(), Optics letters, 19(6), 1994, pp. 390-392
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
390 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:6<390:CSOOAF>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Continuous-wave self-mode-locked operation of a chromium-doped YAG las er pumped by a continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser at 20-degrees-C is describ ed. We used both regenerative initiation and continuous-wave self-mode -locking techniques to generate nearly transform-limited pulses of 120 -fs (FWHM) duration at 1.52 mum. The TEM00 output power was as high as 360 mW. The output of this femtosecond source was tunable from 1.51 t o 1.53 mum.