Generation of 150-fs tunable pulses in Cr:LiSrAlF_6
Authors:
- A. MillerAMA. Miller
- P. LiKamWaPLP. LiKamWa
- B. H. T. ChaiBCB. H. T. Chai
- E. W. Van StrylandESE. W. Van Stryland
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 17 (3) , 195-197
Abstract
We report ultrashort-pulse generation in a Cr:LiSrAlF6 solid-state laser. The 15-mm crystal was pumped by 1 W of red light from a cw krypton laser and actively mode locked at an 82-MHz repetition frequency using an acousto-optic modulator. Wavelength tuning was demonstrated over the range 800–880 nm, limited by the bandwidth of the optical components. By including intracavity dispersion compensation, pulse widths of 150 fs were obtained with evidence that self-phase modulation contributes to spectral broadening and pulse shortening.Keywords
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