Generation of pulses as short as 93 fs from self-starting femtosecond Cr:LiSrAlF_6 lasers by exploiting multiple-quantum-well absorbers
- 15 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 18 (12) , 983-985
Abstract
A Cr:LiSrAIF6 laser has been mode locked by using a multiple-quantum-well (MQW) absorber. With the MQW absorber inside the laser cavity, Kerr lens mode locking is initiated, yielding transform-limited pulses as short as 93 fs. Pulses of 500-fs duration have also been produced by using resonant passive mode locking with the MQW absorber in an external cavity.Keywords
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