Abstract

We demonstrate low-pump-power operation of a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Stable, sub-20-fs duration pulses, with output powers of 35–100 mW, were obtained for pump powers in the range of 400 mW–1 W. Our design uses a tight focusing geometry for both the argon-ion and Ti:sapphire beams within the Ti:sapphire crystal, which significantly reduces the pump-power requirements.

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17-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

Chung-Po Huang, Melanie T. Asaki, Sterling Backus, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, and Howard Nathel
Opt. Lett. 17(18) 1289-1291 (1992)

Low-threshold self-starting femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser

Weijun Ling, Yulei Jia, Jinghua Sun, Zhaohua Wang, and Zhiyi Wei
Appl. Opt. 45(11) 2495-2498 (2006)

Sticky pulses: two-color cross-mode-locked femtosecond operation of a single Ti:sapphire laser

D. R. Dykaar and S. B. Darack
Opt. Lett. 18(8) 634-636 (1993)

10-fs pulse generation from a unidirectional Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire ring laser

A. Kasper and K. J. Witte
Opt. Lett. 21(5) 360-362 (1996)

Generation of 11-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

Melanie T. Asaki, Chung-Po Huang, Dennis Garvey, Jianping Zhou, Henry C. Kapteyn, and Margaret M. Murnane
Opt. Lett. 18(12) 977-979 (1993)