Abstract

We have demonstrated an actively mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser pumped by 659-nm radiation from an intracavity frequency-doubled diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser. The laser was tunable from 815 to 915 nm, and pulses of 30-ps duration at an average power of 3.5 mW were generated. With further development this all-solid-state system will be particularly suitable for the production of femtosecond pulses, by the technique of Kerr-lens mode locking.

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Femtosecond pulses from an all-solid-state Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser

J. R. Lincoln, M. J. P. Dymott, and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(16) 1210-1212 (1994)

Mode-locked all-solid-state diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser

P. M. W. French, R. Mellish, J. R. Taylor, P. J. Delfyett, and L. T. Florez
Opt. Lett. 18(22) 1934-1936 (1993)

All-solid-state intracavity-doubled Nd:YLF laser producing 300 mW of 659-nm light

J. R. Lincoln and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(16) 1213-1215 (1994)

All-solid-state self-mode locking of a Nd:YLF laser

J. R. Lincoln and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(24) 2119-2121 (1994)

Self-mode-locked diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser

M. J. P. Dymott and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(23) 1988-1990 (1994)