Self starting additive pulse modelocking of a Nd:LMA laser

A Ti:sapphire-pumped Nd:LMA laser has been passively mode locked by using additive-pulse mode locking, which generates 600-fs-duration pulses at 1.054-µm. The wavelength, pulse duration, and long-term stability of the laser make it eminently suitable as a front-end oscillator of a high-power, chirpe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Phillips, M.W (Author), Chang, Z. (Author), Barr, J.R.M (Author), Hughes, D.W (Author), Danson, C.N (Author), Edwards, C.B (Author), Hanna, D.C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1992.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
Description
Summary:A Ti:sapphire-pumped Nd:LMA laser has been passively mode locked by using additive-pulse mode locking, which generates 600-fs-duration pulses at 1.054-µm. The wavelength, pulse duration, and long-term stability of the laser make it eminently suitable as a front-end oscillator of a high-power, chirped-pulse amplifier experiment based on 1.053-µm amplification in Nd:phosphate glass.