CONTINUOUS-WAVE MODE-LOCKED OPERATION OF A CHROMIUM-DOPED FORSTERITE LASER

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作者
SEAS, A
PETRICEVIC, V
ALFANO, RR
机构
[1] CUNY CITY COLL,CTR ANAL STRUCT & INTERFACES,DEPT PHYS,NEW YORK,NY 10031
[2] CUNY CITY COLL,CTR ANAL STRUCT & INTERFACES,DEPT ELECT ENGN,NEW YORK,NY 10031
[3] CUNY GRAD SCH,NEW YORK,NY 10031
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10.1364/OL.16.001668
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Mode-locked operation of chromium-doped forsterite (Cr:Mg2SiO4) has been achieved for the first time to our knowledge. The chromium-doped forsterite laser has been mode locked by using two methods: active mode locking, which produced pulses as short as 31 ps tunable between 1204 and 1277 nm, and synchronously pumped mode locking, which produced pulses of 260-ps duration tunable between 1195 and 1295 nm.
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页码:1668 / 1670
页数:3
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