Open AccessQuasi-synchronous pumping of modelocked few-cycle Titanium Sapphire lasers
Author(s) -
R. Ell,
G. Angelow,
W. Rudolf Seitz,
Max Lederer,
Heinz P. Huber,
D. Kopf,
Jonathan R. Birge,
Franz X. Kärtner
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.009292
Subject(s) - ti:sapphire laser , optics , materials science , laser , sapphire , dispersion (optics) , mode locking , self phase modulation , pulse duration , optoelectronics , nonlinear optics , physics
We investigate the modelocking dynamics of quasi-synchronously pumped, dispersion managed Kerr-lens modelocked Titanium-Sapphire lasers. For the first time, self-starting few-cycle laser pulses with 6 fs pulse duration and ultrabroadband optical spectra are demonstrated without using any intracavity elements like saturable absorbers.