title: Generation of pulses as short as 93 fs from self-starting femtosecond Cr:LiSrAlF(6) lasers by exploiting multiple-quantum-well absorbers.
abstract: A Cr:LiSrAIF(6) laser has been mode locked by using a multiple-quantum-well (MQW) absorber. With the MQW absorber inside the laser cavity, Kerr lens mode locking is initiated, yielding transform-limited pulses as short as 93 fs. Pulses of 500-fs duration have also been produced by using resonant passive mode locking with the MQW absorber in an external cavity.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Delfyett
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Florez