Ultralow-pump-threshold, femtosecond Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode

GJ Valentine; J-M Hopkins; P Loza-Alvarez; GT Kennedy; Wilson Sibbett

Ultralow-pump-threshold, femtosecond Cr₃+:LiSrAlF₆ laser pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode

GJ Valentine, J-M Hopkins, P Loza-Alvarez, GT Kennedy, Wilson Sibbett

School of Physics and Astronomy

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser that is pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode with a diffraction-limited output beam. A novel law-loss three-mirror laser cavity design is described in which strong, localized Kerr lensing was exploited such that 75-fs-duration pulses were obtained for only 36 mW of incident pump power. This pump power was maintained for 18 h by just three AA batteries as the electrical power source. We have shown that mode locking can be sustained for pump powers as low as 22 mW. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1639
Number of pages	1639
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	21
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 1997

Keywords

TI-SAPPHIRE LASER

Cite this

@article{3ad8498f8a03460f98c36301de62e835,

title = "Ultralow-pump-threshold, femtosecond Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode",

abstract = "We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser that is pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode with a diffraction-limited output beam. A novel law-loss three-mirror laser cavity design is described in which strong, localized Kerr lensing was exploited such that 75-fs-duration pulses were obtained for only 36 mW of incident pump power. This pump power was maintained for 18 h by just three AA batteries as the electrical power source. We have shown that mode locking can be sustained for pump powers as low as 22 mW. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.",

keywords = "TI-SAPPHIRE LASER",

author = "GJ Valentine and J-M Hopkins and P Loza-Alvarez and GT Kennedy and Wilson Sibbett",

year = "1997",

month = nov,

day = "1",

language = "English",

volume = "22",

pages = "1639",

journal = "Optics Letters",

issn = "0146-9592",

publisher = "OPTICAL SOC AMER",

number = "21",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ultralow-pump-threshold, femtosecond Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode

AU - Valentine, GJ

AU - Hopkins, J-M

AU - Loza-Alvarez, P

AU - Kennedy, GT

AU - Sibbett, Wilson

PY - 1997/11/1

Y1 - 1997/11/1

N2 - We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser that is pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode with a diffraction-limited output beam. A novel law-loss three-mirror laser cavity design is described in which strong, localized Kerr lensing was exploited such that 75-fs-duration pulses were obtained for only 36 mW of incident pump power. This pump power was maintained for 18 h by just three AA batteries as the electrical power source. We have shown that mode locking can be sustained for pump powers as low as 22 mW. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

AB - We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 laser that is pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode with a diffraction-limited output beam. A novel law-loss three-mirror laser cavity design is described in which strong, localized Kerr lensing was exploited such that 75-fs-duration pulses were obtained for only 36 mW of incident pump power. This pump power was maintained for 18 h by just three AA batteries as the electrical power source. We have shown that mode locking can be sustained for pump powers as low as 22 mW. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

KW - TI-SAPPHIRE LASER

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031275284&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

SN - 0146-9592

VL - 22

SP - 1639

JO - Optics Letters

JF - Optics Letters

IS - 21

ER -

Ultralow-pump-threshold, femtosecond Cr₃+:LiSrAlF₆ laser pumped by a single narrow-stripe AlGaInP laser diode

Abstract

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this