Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti : sapphire laser

Authors
Morgner, U Kartner, FX Cho, SH Chen, Y Haus, HA Fujimoto, JG Ippen, EP Scheuer, V Angelow, G Tschudi, T
Citation
U. Morgner et al., Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti : sapphire laser, OPTICS LETT, 24(6), 1999, pp. 411-413
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
411 - 413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990315)24:6<411:SPFAKM>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Pulses shorter than two optical cycles with bandwidths in excess of 400 nm have been generated from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with a r epetition rate of 90 MHz and an average power of 200 mW. Low-dispersion pri sms and double-chirped mirrors provide broadband controlled dispersion and high reflectivity. These pulse durations are to our knowledge the shortest ever generated directly from a laser oscillator. (C) 1999 Optical Society o f America.