Kerr lens modelocked solid state laser in the red (639 nm)

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The authors report Kerr lens modelocking of the Pr3+:YLF laser, operating at 639 nm, initiated through the use of a solid state saturable absorber, generating pulsewidths of 8 ps at repetition rates around 100 MHz.

Inspec keywords: lenses; laser mode locking; solid lasers; optical saturable absorption; praseodymium; optical Kerr effect

Other keywords: 639 nm; red laser; LiYF4:Pr; Kerr lens modelocking; repetition rates; 100 MHz; pulsewidths; solid state laser; solid state saturable absorber; YLF:Pr; 8 ps; Pr3+:YLF laser

Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Lasing action in other solids; Nonlinear optics and devices; Solid lasers; Beam trapping, self focusing, thermal blooming, and related effects; Optical transient phenomena, self-induced transparency, optical saturation and related effects

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