High-energy femtosecond Cr4+:: forsterite oscillators and their applications in biomedical and material sciences

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作者
Yakovlev, VV [1 ]
Ivanov, A [1 ]
Shcheslavskiy, V [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2002年 / 74卷 / Suppl 1期
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10.1007/s00340-002-0904-x
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have designed and successfully developed a long-cavity Cr4+:forsterite femtosecond oscillator, which delivers < 40 fs pulses with an energy per pulse of over 15 nJ. Complete self-starting is demonstrated. Ablation and phase transformations of semiconductor materials are achieved by the tight focusing of the laser output using a microscope objective. It is also demonstrated that Cr4+:forsterite has significant advantages over Ti: sapphire for multiphoton fluorescence and coherent non-linear optical microscopy.
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