title: Octave-spanning, dual-output 2.166 GHz Ti:sapphire laser.
abstract: A self-referenced octave-spanning Ti:sapphire laser with 2.166 GHz repetition rate is demonstrated. The laser features both direct generation of octave-spanning spectra and a dual-output design for non-intrusive carrier-envelope (CE) phase-stabilization. Only a few percent of total power containing 1f and 2f spectral components is coupled out through a specially designed laser mirror and generates a >50 dB CE beat note in 100 kHz resolution bandwidth without perturbing the main output that still delivers octave-spanning spectra and 750 mW of output power.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. lijinc@mit.edu
authors.forename: Li-Jin
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Benedick
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Birge
authors.forename: Michelle Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kärtner
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide