title: Mode locking of a continuous-wave titanium-doped sapphire laser using a linear external cavity.
abstract: The mode locking of a Ti:Al(2)O(3) laser with a moving extracavity mirror is described. With no active mode-locking element and with no nonlinear element in the external cavity, pulses of less than 40 psec have been directly generated from a cw laser. A possible mechanism for this novel mode-locking technique is discussed.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Taylor