GENERATION OF PULSES AS SHORT AS 93 FS FROM SELF-STARTING FEMTOSECOND CR-LISRALF6 LASERS BY EXPLOITING MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL ABSORBERS

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作者
RIZVI, NH [1 ]
FRENCH, PMW [1 ]
TAYLOR, JR [1 ]
DELFYETT, PJ [1 ]
FLOREZ, LT [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1364/OL.18.000983
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A Cr:LiSrAlF6 laser has been mode locked by using a multiple-quantum-well (MQW) absorber. With the MQW absorber inside the laser cavity, Kerr lens mode locking is initiated, yielding transform-limited pulses as short as 93 fs. Pulses of 500-fs duration have also been produced by using resonant passive mode locking with the MQW absorber in an external cavity.
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