Kerr-Lens Modelocked Ti:Sapphire Laser Oscillator Directly Pumped with Blue Diodes

Charles G. Durfee,Tristan Storz,Jonathan Garlick,Steven Hill,Jeff Squier,Matthew S. Kirchner,G. Taft,Kevin Shea,Henry C. Kapteyn,Margaret M. Murnane,Sterling Backus

Kerr-Lens Modelocked Ti:Sapphire Laser Oscillator Directly Pumped with Blue Diodes

2012

Charles G. Durfee
Tristan Storz
Jonathan Garlick
Steven Hill
Jeff Squier
Matthew S. Kirchner
G. Taft
Kevin Shea
Henry C. Kapteyn
Margaret M. Murnane
Sterling Backus

We describe a Ti:sapphire laser pumped directly with 445nm laser diodes. With 70 mW average power at 800 nm and bandwidth for <13 fs pulses, Kerr-lens-modelocked pulses are available with dramatically decreased pump cost.

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Laser pumping
Laser
Diode
Ti:sapphire laser
Far-infrared laser
Sapphire
Bandwidth (signal processing)
Materials science
Optics
Optoelectronics
Oscillation

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