title: Demonstration of a 1-W injection-locked continuous-wave titanium:sapphire laser.
abstract: We report on a 1-W injection-locked cw titanium:sapphire ring laser at 846 nm. Single-frequency operation requires only a few milliwatts of injected power. This relatively simple and inexpensive system can be used for watt-level single-frequency lasers across most of the titanium:sapphire gain region. A brief review of injection-locking theory is given, and conclusions based on this theory indicate ways to improve the performance of the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602-4640, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Malcolm S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hicken
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bergeson