Generation of 25-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser with optimized group-delay dispersion
- 15 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 18 (18), 1541-1543
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.18.001541
Abstract
25-fs pulses with energies of 4 nJ are generated from a self-mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser with optimized cavity dispersion. The duration of the shortest pulses is limited by the gain bandwidth of Cr:forsterite. Using a model based on a solitonlike pulse formation, we infer a value of 2 × 10−16 cm2/W for the nonlinear refractive index of forsterite at 1.3 μm.Keywords
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