Generation of 5-fs pulses and octave-spanning spectra directly from a Ti :sapphire laser

Authors
Ell, R Morgner, U Kartner, FX Fujimoto, JG Ippen, EP Scheuer, V Angelow, G Tschudi, T Lederer, MJ Boiko, A Luther-Davies, B
Citation
R. Ell et al., Generation of 5-fs pulses and octave-spanning spectra directly from a Ti :sapphire laser, OPTICS LETT, 26(6), 2001, pp. 373-375
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
373 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010315)26:6<373:GO5PAO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Spectra extending from 600 to 1200 nm have been generated from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser producing 5-fs pulses. Specially designed dou ble-chirped mirror pairs provide broadband controlled dispersion, and a sec ond intracavity focus in a glass plate provides additional spectral broaden ing. These spectra are to our knowledge the broadest ever generated directl y from a laser oscillator. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.