Generation of sub-10-fs pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr(3+):LiCAF laser oscillator by use of third-order dispersion-compensating double-chirped mirrors.
Pulses as short as 9 fs at 220-mW average power and a 97-MHz repetition rate are generated from a cw Ti:sapphire-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr(3+)LiCAF laser oscillator employing broadband double-chirped mirrors for second- and third-order dispersion compensation. Fine adjustment of dispersion is accomplished with a fused-silica prism pair. The result demonstrates that Raman-induced self-frequency shifting of the pulse does not limit sub-10-fs pulse generation from colquiriite crystals.
Wagenblast
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Morgner
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Grawert
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Schibli
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Kãârtner
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Scheuer
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Angelow
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Lederer
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