Regeneratively initiated self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser
Abstract
It is demonstrated that the incorporation of an acousto-optic modulator within the cavity of a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser can lead to self-starting and stable generation of pulses that have durations of 60 fs when the acousto-optic device is driven regeneratively from the laser output. Data are also presented that show that the application of cavity-frequency locking techniques dramatically improves the phase noise characteristics of the mode-locked laser.
- Publication:
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Optics Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OL.16.001762
- Bibcode:
- 1991OptL...16.1762S
- Keywords:
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- Acousto-Optics;
- Laser Mode Locking;
- Light Modulation;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Aluminates;
- Laser Cavities;
- Pulse Generators;
- Titanium Compounds;
- Lasers and Masers