FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION BY LINEAR EXTERNAL-CAVITY MODE-LOCKING IN A BULK ND-GLASS LASER

Authors
SARGSJAN G REISSMANN F MULLER M GASE R WIEDERHOLD G
Citation
G. Sargsjan et al., FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION BY LINEAR EXTERNAL-CAVITY MODE-LOCKING IN A BULK ND-GLASS LASER, Optics letters, 18(17), 1993, pp. 1450-1452
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
17
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1450 - 1452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:17<1450:FPGBLE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A bulk Nd:glass laser has been mode locked, for the first time to our knowledge, with a linear external cavity that includes a vibrating mir ror. By use of intracavity dispersion compensation, pulses of 300-fs d uration have been generated. The effect of the mirror movement is attr ibuted to a start mechanism of the passive coupled-cavity mode locking and yields an expression for the optimal mirror velocity that is in q ualitative agreement with the experiment.