Femtosecond, Cr{sup 4+}:YAG laser

Conference · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:49146

Nathel, H ^[1]; Sennaroglu, A; Pollock, C R ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
2. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). School of Electrical Engineering

Results from both a regeneratively-initiated and self-initiated, mode-locked CR.YAG laser which is tunable from 1.51 to 1.53 {mu}m are reported. One hundred and twenty femtsosecond, nearly transform-limited pulses have been generated with peak output powers of 45 kW. The stable, high peak power pulses and room temperature operation of this laser make it a very suitable alternative to the cumbersome, cryogenic mode-locked NaCl laser commonly used in both narrow bandgap semiconductor and optical communications research.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); Joint Services Electronics Program (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 49146
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC--118408; CONF-9405308--1; ON: DE95004964; CNN: Grant ECS-9111838
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
MODE LOCKING
PERFORMANCE
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
SOLID STATE LASERS