title: A self-tunable Titanium Sapphire laser by rotating a set of parallel plates of active material.
abstract: In a recent work, the authors reported the experimental demonstration of wavelength tuning in a single birefringent plate of Ti:sapphire crystal based on its own birefringence properties. In that device, the thickness of the active plate, limited by the width of the single order tuning spectral region, imposed a strong constraint in the power performance of the laser. The aim of this work is to overcome this limitation by using a set of several identical birefringent plates so that the wavelength tuning of the laser is obtained by synchronously rotating the plates in their own plane. A discussion about the laser performance is presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Fisica Aplicada I, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Alda. Urquijo s/n 48013 Bilbao, Spain. i.iparraguirre@ehu.es
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iparraguirre
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azkargorta
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Rolindes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balda
authors.forename: Teresa
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authors.lastname: Del Río Gaztelurrutia
authors.forename: M Asunción
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authors.lastname: Illarramendi
authors.forename: Ibon
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authors.lastname: Aramburu