GENERATION OF 25-FS PULSES FROM A SELF-MODE-LOCKED CR-FORSTERITE LASER WITH OPTIMIZED GROUP-DELAY DISPERSION

Authors
YANOVSKY V PANG Y WISE F MINKOV BI
Citation
V. Yanovsky et al., GENERATION OF 25-FS PULSES FROM A SELF-MODE-LOCKED CR-FORSTERITE LASER WITH OPTIMIZED GROUP-DELAY DISPERSION, Optics letters, 18(18), 1993, pp. 1541-1543
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1541 - 1543
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:18<1541:GO2PFA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
25-fs pulses with energies of 4 nJ are generated from a self-mode-lock ed Cr:forsterite laser with optimized cavity dispersion. The duration of the shortest pulses is limited by the gain bandwidth of Cr:forsteri te. Using a model based on a solitonlike pulse formation, we infer a v alue of 2 x 10(-16) cm2/W for the nonlinear refractive index of forste rite at 1.3 mum.