Abstract
Self-mode-Iocking,1 has been employed to generate ultrashort pulses from a number of solid-state lasers. One such candidate having a broad cw tuning range extending from 1.34 to 1.56 μm is the chromium-doped YAG laser.2 By utilizing the regenerative initiation scheme3,4 to set the initial intensity conditions necessary for pulse shaping to take place, self-mode-locked operation of this gain medium has been demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge.
© 1994 Optical Society of America
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