Abstract

The operation of an additive-pulse mode-locked NaCl:OH⁻ color-center laser is described. Stable output pulses as short as 75 fsec have been obtained. The laser is tunable from 1.51 to 1.65 μm, with 300 mW of average output power at 1.6 μm.

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Frequency-doubled, additive-pulse, mode-locked NaCl:OH⁻ laser

Christopher P. Yakymyshyn and Clifford R. Pollock
Opt. Lett. 14(15) 791-793 (1989)

Self-starting of an additive-pulse mode-locked color-center laser

Gregg Sucha
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Amplitude noise reduction of a coupled-cavity mode-locked NaCl:OH⁻ color-center laser by active synchronization

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Self-mode-locked NaCl:OH⁻ color-center laser

G. T. Kennedy, R. S. Grant, and W. Sibbett
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Stable color-center laser in OH-doped NaCl operating in the 1.41- to 1.81-μm region

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