FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION BY LINEAR EXTERNAL-CAVITY MODE-LOCKING IN A BULK ND-GLASS LASER

被引:5
作者
SARGSJAN, G
REISSMANN, F
MULLER, M
GASE, R
WIEDERHOLD, G
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[1] Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering, Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Jena, O-6900
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10.1364/OL.18.001450
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A bulk Nd:glass laser has been mode locked, for the first time to our knowledge, with a linear external cavity that includes a vibrating mirror. By use of intracavity dispersion compensation, pulses of 300-fs duration have been generated. The effect of the mirror movement is attributed to a start mechanism of the passive coupled-cavity mode locking and yields an expression for the optimal mirror velocity that is in qualitative agreement with the experiment.
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页码:1450 / 1452
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