Femtosecond pulse generation from a titanium-doped sapphire laser using nonlinear external cavity feedback

P. M. W. French, John Williams, J. R. Taylor

Optics Letters · 1989 · 92 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

A continuous-wave, argon-ion-pumped, titanium-doped sapphire laser has been constructed. Pulses of 80-psec duration obtained through active mode locking have been compressed to less than 800 fsec using nonlinear external cavity feedback.

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