Enhanced mode locking of color-center lasers

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Authors

P.N. Kean · University of St Andrews

Zhu Xian · University of St Andrews

D. W. Crust · University of St Andrews

R. S. Grant · University of St Andrews

Nigel Langford · University of St Andrews

W. Sibbett · University of St Andrews

Abstract

A significant enhancement in the mode locking of a KCl:Tl color-center laser has been observed when a length of optical fiber having positive group-velocity dispersion was incorporated within an external control cavity. Pulse durations of ~260 fsec were obtained by this method, representing a compression factor ~60x that with the colorcenter laser alone. Similar results have also been observed with an InGaAsP semiconductor diode amplifier as the nonlinear element within the control cavity.

Topics & Keywords

Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Optics Letters

Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 39-39

DOI: 10.1364/ol.14.000039

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