Use of a transverse KD∗P Pockels cell and novel low-loss sapphire Rochon polarizer to cavity dump a hard-aperture, Kerr-lens mode-locked, Ti:sapphire oscillator is demonstrated. High-quality 90-fs pulses with energies of ~50 nJ at repetition rates of up to 50 kHz were obtained.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

[Optical Society of America ]

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

Related Journal Articles

• Automodulations in Kerr-lens mode-locked solid-state lasers (JOSAB)
• Double Gires—Tournois interferometer negative-dispersion mirrors for use in tunable mode-locked lasers (OL)
• Dual-wavelength chirped-pulse amplification system (OL)
• Pulse-resolved measurements of subharmonic oscillations in a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser (JOSAB)
• Dispersion-managed mode locking (JOSAB)

Related Conference Papers

• The Astra Gemini Project: A High Repetition Rate Dual Beam Petawatt Laser Facility
• The Astra Gemini Project: A High Repetition Rate Dual Beam Petawatt Laser Facility
• High intensity femtosecond laser technology
• High intensity femtosecond laser technology
• Long term (>500 seconds) phase coherence of a train of ultrashort pulses