Generation of 12-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 24 (11) , 780-782
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.24.000780
Abstract
We demonstrate 12-fs-pulse generation from a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser. This is to our knowledge the shortest pulse ever produced from a mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser. Based on an improved estimation of the intracavity dispersions, we utilized BK7 glass for the Brewster-prism-pair material.Keywords
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