Color-center laser generates picosecond pulses and several watts cw over the 1. 24--1. 45-. mu. m range

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.4.000247· OSTI ID:6035475

Mollenauer, L F; Bloom, D M

A laser utilizing F/sub 2//sup +/ centers in KF and yielding pulses 3--5 psec wide continously tunable over the 1.24--1.45-..mu..m range is described. The mode locking was achieved through synchronous pumping with approx.100-psec-wide pulses at 1.064 ..mu..m. Operated cw, the yielded greater than 2.3 W near band center and greater than 1 W over most of the tuning band for approx.5-W input. At any given wavelength, time-average mode-locked output power was at least half the corresponding cw value.

• Research Organization: Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
• OSTI ID: 6035475
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 4:8; ISSN OPLED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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