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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 23 — Nov. 10, 2008
  • pp: 18875–18880

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Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with an additional intracavity nonlinear medium

Xiaohong Han and Heping Zeng  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 23, pp. 18875-18880 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.018875


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Abstract

We demonstrate a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with an additional Yb3+ doped Potassium Yttrium Tungstate crystal (Yb:KYW) in the laser cavity, where not only the pump threshold to start mode-locking but also the stable regions to maintain mode-locking can be well-controlled by varying the position of Yb:KYW nearby the confocal focus to change the intracavity Kerr-effects. The pump threshold is reduced down to 800 mW to start the mode-locking operation, which is about 27% less than that for a Ti:sapphire laser without an additional Yb:KYW.

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OCIS Codes
(140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 4, 2008
Revised Manuscript: October 17, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: October 22, 2008
Published: October 31, 2008

Citation
Xiaohong Han and Heping Zeng, "Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with an additional intracavity nonlinear medium," Opt. Express 16, 18875-18880 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-23-18875


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