GENERATION OF 13-FS, 5-MW PULSES FROM A CAVITY-DUMPED TI-SAPPHIRE LASER

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作者
PSHENICHNIKOV, MS
DEBOEIJ, WP
WIERSMA, DA
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[1] Ultrafast Laser and Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG
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10.1364/OL.19.000572
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report on a cavity-dumped self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser operating on a 10-fs time scale. Pulses with energies exceeding 60 nJ and peak powers of 5 MW were generated at repetition rates as high as 200 kHz. On injection of the output of this laser into a fiber, a white-light continuum is produced that shows great potential for compression.
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