Abstract
A cw-pumped Cr3+:LiCaAlF6 laser has been configured to produce chirp-free, self-mode-locked pulses of 170-fs duration. The prism-dispersion-compensated cavity contained no active or passive mode-locking device. Mode locking was accomplished through self-focusing in the LiCaAlF6 Crystal with 2.5 W of red light from a cw krypton laser. Rocking of the output coupler initiated the ultrashort-pulse formation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1438-1440 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 1992 |