Papers Published

1. Ramaswamy, M. and Gouveia-Neto, A.S. and Negus, D.K. and Izatt, J.A. and Fujimoto, J.G., 2.3-ps pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked lamp-pumped Nd:YLF laser with a microdot mirror, Opt. Lett. (USA), vol. 18 no. 21 (1993), pp. 1825 - 7 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/13)

   Abstract:
   Pulses as short as 2.3 ps have been generated by passive mode locking of a lamp-pumped Nd:YLF laser with a microdot mirror mode locker for Kerr-lens mode-locking (KLM) saturable absorber action and a compact Gires-Tournois interferometer for dispersion compensation. KLM was initiated with an acousto-optic modulator. Average output powers of 800 mW have been achieved. This result demonstrates the potential use of KLM for generating near-bandwidth-limited pulses from high-power lamp-pumped sources

   Keywords:
   acousto-optical effects;high-speed optical techniques;laser accessories;laser mode locking;lithium compounds;mirrors;neodymium;optical Kerr effect;optical modulation;optical pumping;optical saturable absorption;solid lasers;