Generation of smooth, ultra-broadband spectra directly from a prism-less Ti:sapphire laser

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作者：

Fuji, T

Unterhuber, A

Yakovlev, VS

Tempea, G

Stingl, A

Krausz, F

Drexler, W

机构：

[1] Vienna Univ Technol, Christian Doppler Lab, Photon Inst, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

[2] Univ Vienna, Christian Doppler Lab, Dept Med Phys, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

[3] FEMTOLASERS Prod GmbH, A-1100 Vienna, Austria

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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2003年 / 77卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1007/s00340-003-1254-z

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Ultra-broad and smooth spectra are generated directly from a mirror-dispersion-controlled Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillator. The full width at half maximum of the spectrum is 277 nm. The pulse width is evaluated as 6.5 fs by using both interferometric autocorrelation and spectral phase interferometry for electric-field reconstruction. This compact, user-friendly source opens the door to routine implementation of ultra-high-resolution as well as spectroscopic optical coherence tomography in a clinical environment.

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