title: 2.3-ps pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked lamp-pumped Nd:YLF laser with a microdot mirror.
abstract: Pulses as short as 2.3 ps have been generated by passive mode locking of a lamp-pumped Nd:YLF laser with a microdot mirror mode locker for Kerr-lens mode-locking (KLM) saturable absorber action and a compact Gires-Tournois interferometer for dispersion compensation. KLM was initiated with an acousto-optic modulator. Average output powers of 800 mW have been achieved. This result demonstrates the potential use of KLM for generating near-bandwidth-limited pulses from high-power lamp-pumped sources.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramaswamy
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gouveia-Neto
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Negus
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Izatt
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fujimoto