Highly-Compact and Efficient Femtosecond Cr:LiSAF Lasers

John-Mark Hopkins; Gareth J Valentine; Ben Agate; Alan J Kemp; Ursula Keller; Wilson Sibbett

Highly-Compact and Efficient Femtosecond Cr:LiSAF Lasers

John-Mark Hopkins, Gareth J Valentine, Ben Agate, Alan J Kemp, Ursula Keller, Wilson Sibbett

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Methods for developing more compact femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser sources are examined. By careful modeling of the low threshold performance and intracavity dispersion characteristics of these cavities, a highly asymmetric z-cavity design with a single prism for dispersion compensation is developed. Transform-limited pulses as short as 113 fs and modelocked. output powers up to 20 mW are demonstrated for less than 110 mW of laser-diode pump power. The complete laser system (including the laser diode pump system and drivers) has a footprint of 21.5 x 28 cm(2), about the size of a sheet of US letter or A4 paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	360-368
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	38
Publication status	Published - Apr 2002

Keywords

diode-pumped lasers
modelocked lasers
ultrafast lasers
ultrashort-pulse generation
SOLID-STATE LASERS
PEROT SATURABLE ABSORBER
LENS MODE-LOCKING
CR3+LISRALF6 LASER
DISPERSION COMPENSATION
REPETITION-RATE
CR4+-YAG LASER
SINGLE PRISM
DIODE
GENERATION

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