A sub-100fs self-starting Cr: Forsterite laser generating 1.4W output power

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 24085-24091

  Chia, Shih Hsuan ^a   Liu, Tzu Ming ^a   Ivanov, Anatoly A ^b   Fedotov, Andrey B ^c   Zheltikov, Aleksey M ^c   Tsai, Ming Rung ^a   Chan, Ming Che ^a   Yu, Che Hang ^a   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PHOTOCHEMISTRY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER ACCESSORIES; LIGHT SOURCES; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPING (LASER);

CAVITY DUMPING; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CR : FORSTERITE LASER; CR: FORSTERITE; CRYSTAL TEMPERATURES; FEMTOSECONDS; FIBER LIGHT SOURCE; FS PULSE; HIGH-POWER; MODE-LOCKED; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SELF-STARTING; SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS;

OLIVINE;

CHROMIUM; MAGNESIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; LASER; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

CHROMIUM; ELECTRICITY; LASERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149425443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024085     Document Type: Article

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