Generation of 20-fs pulses by a prismless Cr^4+:YAG laser

Autor: Ripin, D. J., Chudoba, C., Gopinath, J. T., Fujimoto, J. G., Ippen, E. P., Morgner, U., Kärtner, F. X., Scheuer, V., Angelow, G., Tschudi, T.
Zdroj: Optics Letters; January 2002, Vol. 27 Issue: 1 p61-63, 3p
Abstrakt: Ultrafast optical pulses shorter than 20 fs with 400-mW average power at a 110-MHz repetition rate have been generated by a Cr^4+:YAG laser with only double-chirped mirrors for dispersion compensation. The corresponding pulse spectrum has a peak intensity at 1450 nm and extends from 1310 to 1500 nm full width at half-maximum (FWHM). These pulses, which are believed to be the shortest generated to date from a Cr^4+:YAG laser, are only four optical cycles within the FWHM intensity width.
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