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Pulse Compression of a Mode-Locked Ti:Sapphire Laser

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Ultrafast Phenomena VII

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics ((CHEMICAL,volume 53))

Abstract

A mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser has the potential to produce ultrashort pulses while preserving the high power and tunability inherent in this gain media. Several mode-locking techniques have produced pulses of less than 10 psec duration from a Ti:sapphire laser [1–7], however in most of the configurations the output powers have been limited. We have previously reported on 6 psec pulses with 750 mW of average power generated by active mode-locking with an acousto-optic modulator [8]. In this paper, we use active mode-locking to generate picosecond pulses with 2.0 W of average power and pulse compression to generate tunable pulses shorter than 50 fsec with 750 mW of average power.

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  1. Advanced Product Technology Group, Spectra-Physics, Inc., 1250 West Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA, 94042, USA

    J. D. Kafka, M. L. Watts, D. J. Roach, M. S. Keirstead, H. W. Schaaf & T. Baer

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Charles B. Harris Ph.D.

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Erich P. Ippen Ph.D.

  3. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Gerard A. Mourou Ph.D.

  4. Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Ahmed H. Zewail Ph.D.

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Kafka, J.D., Watts, M.L., Roach, D.J., Keirstead, M.S., Schaaf, H.W., Baer, T. (1990). Pulse Compression of a Mode-Locked Ti:Sapphire Laser. In: Harris, C.B., Ippen, E.P., Mourou, G.A., Zewail, A.H. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena VII. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84269-6_21

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