Kerr lens modelocked solid state laser in the red (639 nm)
Kerr lens modelocked solid state laser in the red (639 nm)
- Author(s): S. Ruan ; J.M. Sutherland ; P.M.W. French ; J.R. Taylor ; B.H.T. Chai
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19941058
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- Author(s): S. Ruan 1 ; J.M. Sutherland 1 ; P.M.W. French 1 ; J.R. Taylor 1 ; B.H.T. Chai 2
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1: Physics Department, Femtosecond Optics Group, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
2: Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers (CREOL), University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
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Affiliations:
1: Physics Department, Femtosecond Optics Group, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Volume 30, Issue 19,
15 September 1994,
p.
1601 – 1602
DOI: 10.1049/el:19941058 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
The authors report Kerr lens modelocking of the Pr3+:YLF laser, operating at 639 nm, initiated through the use of a solid state saturable absorber, generating pulsewidths of 8 ps at repetition rates around 100 MHz.
Inspec keywords: lenses; laser mode locking; solid lasers; optical saturable absorption; praseodymium; optical Kerr effect
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Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Lasing action in other solids; Nonlinear optics and devices; Solid lasers; Beam trapping, self focusing, thermal blooming, and related effects; Optical transient phenomena, self-induced transparency, optical saturation and related effects
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