Self-starting Kerr-lens mode locking of a Ti:sapphire laser
- 15 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 19 (14) , 1040-1042
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.19.001040
Abstract
It is shown that Kerr-lens mode locking of a Ti:sapphire laser, with no intracavity elements except the laser rod and the dispersion-compensating prisms, can be made to be completely self-starting. We achieve this result by carefully designing the resonator to maximize the nonlinear mode variations and dynamic loss modulation.Keywords
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