Abstract

We have demonstrated self-mode locking of an NaCl:OH⁻ color-center laser by exploiting the Kerr effect in a rod of high-nonlinearity glass placed within the laser cavity. The mode-locking process was initiated by a regenerative acousto-optic modulation, and sub-100-fs pulses were produced at wavelengths of ~1575 nm.

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

G. T. Kennedy, R. S. Grant, W. E. Sleat, and W. Sibbett
Opt. Lett. 18(3) 208-210 (1993)

Additive-pulse mode-locked NaCl:OH⁻laser

Christopher P. Yakymyshyn, Joseph F. Pinto, and Clifford R. Pollock
Opt. Lett. 14(12) 621-623 (1989)

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

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

Stable color-center laser in OH-doped NaCl operating in the 1.41- to 1.81-μm region

Joseph F. Pinto, Efstratios Georgiou, and Clifford R. Pollock
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Self-starting of an additive-pulse mode-locked color-center laser

Gregg Sucha
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