Generation of transform-limited 32-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser
- 15 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 17 (2) , 139-141
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.17.000139
Abstract
We show that near-transform-limited 32-fs pulses can be generated directly from a self-mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire oscillator. The laser operates at a center wavelength of 813 nm with a bandwidth of 22 nm in a TEM00 mode. Correct choice of the glass for the intracavity prism pair results in improved compensation of group-velocity dispersion, which yields near-transform-limited output pulses. Compensation for group-velocity dispersion in the output coupler and autocorrelator optics is necessary in order to measure this transform-limited pulse width.Keywords
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