Three-element, self-starting Kerr-lens-modelocked 1-GHz Ti:sapphire oscillator pumped by a single laser diode

Hanna Ostapenko; Toby Mitchell; Pablo Castro; Derryck Telford Reid

doi:10.1364/OE.472533

Three-element, self-starting Kerr-lens-modelocked 1-GHz Ti:sapphire oscillator pumped by a single laser diode

Hanna Ostapenko, Toby Mitchell, Pablo Castro, Derryck Telford Reid

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We present a Kerr-lens-modelocked, three-element, diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser producing 111-fs pulses at a repetition frequency of 1.02 GHz. Self-starting soliton-modelocked operation with an output power of 106 mW was obtained when the laser was pumped at 1.0 W with a single 527-nm laser diode. The output exhibits a relative intensity noise of 0.06% (1 Hz - 1 MHz) and locking of the repetition rate to an external reference is demonstrated with a phase error of 1.7 mrad (1 Hz-1 MHz). The simplicity of the laser makes it an attractive candidate as a module for integration into larger systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39624-39630
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	30
Issue number	22
Early online date	11 Oct 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.472533
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2022

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