Generation of 13-fs pulses from a mode-locked Ti:Al2O3 laser with reduced third-order dispersion
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 62 (5) , 470-472
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108936
Abstract
The third‐order dispersion of a mode‐locked Ti:Al2O3 laser has been reduced by replacing a pair of flint glass prisms with a sequence of four quartz prisms. This allows transform‐limited 13‐fs pulses to be generated with a gain crystal 20 mm long. To date, these are the shortest pulses generated directly from a laser.Keywords
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