Direct diode pumped Kerr lens modelocked Ti:Sapphire laser oscillator

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

Direct diode pumped Kerr lens modelocked Ti:Sapphire laser oscillator

2012

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

We describe a Ti:sapphire laser pumped directly with 445nm laser diodes. With 44 mW average power at 800 nm and bandwidth for <50 fs pulses, Kerr-lens-modelocked pulses are available with dramatically decreased pump cost.

Keywords:

Optical pumping
Optoelectronics
Optics
Kerr effect
Laser
Laser pumping
Ti:sapphire laser
Physics
Semiconductor laser theory
Far-infrared laser
X-ray laser
Diode

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