Open AccessOctave-spanning, dual-output 2166 GHz Ti:sapphire laser
Author(s) -
Li-Jin Chen,
Andrew Benedick,
Jonathan R. Birge,
Michelle Y. Sander,
Franz X. Kärtner
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.020699
Subject(s) - optics , laser , sapphire , octave (electronics) , materials science , beat (acoustics) , bandwidth (computing) , ti:sapphire laser , spectral line , physics , telecommunications , computer science , astronomy
A self-referenced octave-spanning Ti:sapphire laser with 2.166 GHz repetition rate is demonstrated. The laser features both direct generation of octave-spanning spectra and a dual-output design for non-intrusive carrier-envelope (CE) phase-stabilization. Only a few percent of total power containing 1f and 2f spectral components is coupled out through a specially designed laser mirror and generates a >50 dB CE beat note in 100 kHz resolution bandwidth without perturbing the main output that still delivers octave-spanning spectra and 750 mW of output power.