Abstract
A novel coupled resonator was developed for narrow-bandwidth, tunable, solid-state lasers. Stable, single-longitudinal-mode, gain-switched titanium:sapphire pulses were obtained across a 130-nm operating range limited by the cavity optics. The low threshold fluence of 0.7 Jcm-2 makes the cavity attractive for other tunable laser media, particularly when gain is low or parasitic loss is high. A model has been developed that can be used to predict the mode structure of the coupled cavity and for optimization at specific wavelength regions.
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