Broadly tunable femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (9) , 621-623
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.000621
Abstract
We demonstrate wavelength tunability of femtosecond pulses over a range of more than 50 nm from a diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser. The mode-locking mechanism can be explained by soliton mode locking that is started and stabilized by a broadband semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror designed for low loss over the full reflection bandwidth of the underlying Bragg mirrors, which ultimately limits tunability. We obtain 45-fs pulses at 105-mW average output power and a maximum mode-locked average output power of 125 mW with 60-fs pulses.Keywords
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