Abstract

The big news of the past several years has been the discovery of new methods for ultrashort pulse generation with solid state lasers. Techniques, with names like Additive Pulse Modelocking (APM), Coupled Cavity Modelocking (CCM), Resonant Passive Modelocking (RPM), and Kerr-Lens Modelocking (KLM) have been shown to work with cw F-center, Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF, Ti:sapphire, Nd:glass and Er:glass fiber lasers. As a result, short optical pulses are now available for use by the scientist at a greater variety of wavelengths, power levels and repetition rates.

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