GENERATION OF SUB-100-FS PULSES FROM A CW MODE-LOCKED CHROMIUM-DOPED FORSTERITE LASER

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作者
SEAS, A
PETRICEVIC, V
ALFANO, RR
机构
[1] CUNY CITY COLL,DEPT PHYS,CTR ANAL STRUCT & INTERFACES,NEW YORK,NY 10031
[2] CUNY CITY COLL,DEPT ELECT ENGN,NEW YORK,NY 10031
[3] CUNY,GRAD SCH,NEW YORK,NY 10031
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10.1364/OL.17.000937
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Generation of femtosecond pulses from a continuous-wave mode-locked chromium-doped forsterite (Cr4+:Mg2SiO4) laser is reported. The forsterite laser was actively mode locked by using an acousto-optic modulator operating at 78 MHz with two Brewster high-dispersion glass prisms for intracavity chirp compensation. Transform-limited sub-100-fs pulses were routinely generated in the TEM00 mode with 85 mW of continuous power (with 1% output coupler), tunable over 1230-1280 nm. The shortest pulses measured had a 60-fs pulse width.
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