Advances in self-mode-locked lasers

Wilson Sibbett

doi:10.1117/12.165599

5 January 1994 Advances in self-mode-locked lasers

Wilson Sibbett

Proceedings Volume 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165599
Event: Optics Quebec, 1993, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

The applicability of the self-modelocking technique to a range of broadband gain media is reviewed with particular emphasis on lasers that incorporate Ti:Al₂O₃ or Cr:LiSrAlF₆ or NaCl:OH^- color-center crystals. Frequency-conversion schemes, most notably involving optical parametric oscillation and difference-frequency mixing, are also briefly discussed within the general context of femtosecond pulse generation in near/mid-infrared spectral regions. A cavity frequency referenced, self-modelocked laser configuration that affords reduced pulse-timing jitter (i.e., phase noise) is described and preliminary details of schemes which offer compatibility with diode-based optical pumping of Ti:Al₂O₃ and Cr:LiSAF lasers are also included.

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Wilson Sibbett "Advances in self-mode-locked lasers", Proc. SPIE 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications, (5 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165599

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