Open AccessPositive-dispersion cavity-dumped Ti: sapphire laser oscillator and its application to white light generation
Author(s) -
Xibin Zhou,
Henry C. Kapteyn,
Margaret M. Murnane
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.009750
Subject(s) - sapphire , optics , ti:sapphire laser , materials science , filamentation , dispersion (optics) , laser , white light , optoelectronics , physics
We demonstrate for the first time that up to 0.45 microJ pulses can be obtained from a cavity-dumped Ti: sapphire oscillator stably operating in the positive dispersion regime. The output pulse can be compressed to 60 fs and used to generate a white light continuum through self-filamentation in a thin sapphire plate.