Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser.
Pulses shorter than two optical cycles with bandwidths in excess of 400 nm have been generated from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with a repetition rate of 90 MHz and an average power of 200 mW. Low-dispersion prisms and double-chirped mirrors provide broadband controlled dispersion and high reflectivity. These pulse durations are to our knowledge the shortest ever generated directly from a laser oscillator.
Morgner
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Kärtner
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Chen
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Haus
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Fujimoto
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Ippen
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Scheuer
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Angelow
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Tschudi
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