dc.contributor.author | Demirbas, Umit | |
dc.contributor.author | Sennaroglu, Alphan | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaertner, Franz X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fujimoto, James G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-03T19:39:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-11-03T19:39:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-12 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009-02 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0146-9592 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49524 | |
dc.description.abstract | We describe the generation of enhanced pulse energies using a multipass-cavity (MPC) Cr[superscript3] +:LiCAF laser, pumped by inexpensive, single spatial mode laser diodes. A semiconductor saturable absorber was used for stable mode-locked operation. The MPC reduced the pulse repetition rate to the ~10 MHz level, scaling pulse energies and intensities. With only 540 mW of absorbed pump power, 98 fs pulses with energies of 9.9 nJ and peak powers of ~101 kW, corresponding to 95 mW of average power at a repetition rate of 9.58 MHz, were generated. By increasing the intracavity negative dispersion, 310 fs pulses with energies of 15.2 nJ and peak powers of ~49 kW, corresponding to 160 mW of average power at 10.51 MHz repletion rate, were also generated. These results demonstrate that low-cost MPC Cr[superscript 3+]-doped colquiriite lasers can generate pulse energies and intensities comparable to more expensive Ti:sapphire lasers. | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Optical Society of America | en |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.000497 | en |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en |
dc.source | Umit Demirbas | en |
dc.title | Generation of 15-nJ pulses from a highly efficient, low-cost multipass-cavity Cr[superscript 3+]:LiCAF laser | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Umit Demirbas, Alphan Sennaroglu, Franz X. Kärtner, and James G. Fujimoto, "Generation of 15 nJ pulses from a highly efficient, low-cost multipass-cavity Cr3+:LiCAF laser," Opt. Lett. 34, 497-499 (2009) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-4-497 | en |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Demirbas, Umit | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Demirbas, Umit | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Sennaroglu, Alphan | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Kaertner, Franz X. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Fujimoto, James G. | |
dc.relation.journal | Optics Letters | en |
dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/SubmittedJournalArticle | en |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en |
dspace.orderedauthors | Demirbas, Umit; Sennaroglu, Alphan; Kärtner, Franz X.; Fujimoto, James G. | en |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8733-2555 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0828-4357 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |