1.25-MW peak-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti : sapphire laser with a broadband semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror

Authors
Jiang, J Hasama, T Zhang, ZG Sugaya, T Nakagawa, T
Citation
J. Jiang et al., 1.25-MW peak-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti : sapphire laser with a broadband semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror, OPT COMMUN, 183(1-4), 2000, pp. 159-163
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
183
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
159 - 163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20000901)183:1-4<159:1PKMT:>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report a 1.25-MW high peak-power self-starting Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti: sapphire laser pumped by a frequency-doubled diode-pumped Nd:WO, laser. The mode-locking was initiated by a low-loss and broad reflection band semicon ductor saturable-absorber mirror (SESAM). Pulses as short as 16 fs at a rep etition rate of 75 MHz was obtained with an average output power of 1.5 W. The laser was operated at a center wavelength of 780 nm with a spectral ban dwidth of 63 nm in a TEM00 mode. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.