Pulsed Ti:Sapphire laser seeded off the gain peak

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作者
Kasapi, A [1 ]
Yin, GY [1 ]
Jain, M [1 ]
机构
[1] STANFORD UNIV,EDWARD L GINZTON LAB,STANFORD,CA 94305
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1996年 / 35卷 / 12期
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D O I
10.1364/AO.35.001999
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An external-cavity diode laser is used to seed a pulsed Ti:sapphire laser from 839 to 860 nm. Because this wavelength range is off the gain peak of Ti:sapphire, a bandpass filter is used in the cavity to permit seeded operation. We describe a tunable, wide-field-of-view birefringent filter especially suited for use in seeded lasers. Measurements of the ratio of unseeded to seeded output as a function of seed power are also presented and demonstrate an approximately reciprocal dependence on the seed power. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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页码:1999 / 2004
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