Enhanced mode locking of color-center lasers

Autor: X. Zhu, R. S. Grant, P. N. Kean, D. W. Crust, N. Langford, Wilson Sibbett
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Optics letters. 14(1)
ISSN: 0146-9592
Popis: A significant enhancement in the mode locking of a KCl:Tl color-center laser has been observed when a length of optical fiber having positive group-velocity dispersion was incorporated within an external control cavity. Pulse durations of ~260 fsec were obtained by this method, representing a compression factor ~60× that with the color-center laser alone. Similar results have also been observed with an InGaAsP semiconductor diode amplifier as the nonlinear element within the control cavity.
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