A diode-pumped, self-starting, all-solid-state self-mode-locked Cr : LiSGAF laser

Authors
Dai, JM Zhang, WL Zhang, LZ Chai, L Wang, Y Zhang, ZG Xing, QR Wang, CY Torizuka, K Nakagawa, T Sugaya, T
Citation
Jm. Dai et al., A diode-pumped, self-starting, all-solid-state self-mode-locked Cr : LiSGAF laser, OPT LASER T, 33(2), 2001, pp. 71-73
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
00303992 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
71 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3992(200103)33:2<71:ADSASC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In this paper, a self-starting, diode-pumped self-mode-locked Cr:LiSGAF las er, which produced a stable pulse train of 45 fs duration with about 20 mW- average power at the repeated rate of 90 MHz, was presented. Self-mode-lock ed operation can be obtained whether there is the semiconductor saturable a bsorber mirror (SESAM) in the Cr:LiSGAF laser cavity or not, and with the S ESAM in the cavity. the self-mode-locked operation could self-start. The sh ortest pulses, as short as 38 fs, which were not very stable, were obtained with the SESAM in the cavity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights re served.