Low-threshold, multi-gigahertz repetition-rate femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser
Low-threshold, multi-gigahertz repetition-rate femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser
- Author(s): B. Stormont ; I.G. Cormack ; M. Mazilu ; C.T.A. Brown ; D. Burns ; W. Sibbett
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20031187
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- Author(s): B. Stormont 1 ; I.G. Cormack 1 ; M. Mazilu 1 ; C.T.A. Brown 1 ; D. Burns 2 ; W. Sibbett 1
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1: Ultrafast Photonics Collaboration, J.F. Allen Research Laboratories, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
2: Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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1: Ultrafast Photonics Collaboration, J.F. Allen Research Laboratories, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Volume 39, Issue 25,
11 December 2003,
p.
1820 – 1822
DOI: 10.1049/el:20031187 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
A repetition rate of 2.3 GHz is achieved in a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. Pulses of 240 fs duration centred on 840 nm are produced from a simple 4-mirror laser cavity that incorporates a saturable Bragg reflector and operates at pump powers as low as 400 mW.
Inspec keywords: optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; titanium; mirrors; optical pulse generation; laser cavity resonators
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Subjects: Laser resonators and cavities; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Optical transient phenomena, self-induced transparency, optical saturation and related effects; Laser resonators and cavities; Optical saturation and related effects; Lasing action in other solids; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optical techniques
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