Octave-spanning spectrum generation in Ti: sapphire oscillator
Author(s) -
Zhuan Wang,
Qingyue Wang,
Han Ying-Kui,
Cao Shi-Ying,
Zhang Zhi-gang,
Chai Lu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta physica sinica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.53.3375
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , sapphire , octave (electronics) , femtosecond , frequency comb , optics , materials science , millimeter , ti:sapphire laser , optoelectronics , offset (computer science) , metrology , physics , laser , wavelength , computer science , photonic crystal fiber , programming language
A Ti: sapphire oscillator emitting an octavespanning spectrum that ra nges from 460nm to 1000nm is demonstrated. To our knowledge, it is the first tim e that a supercontinuum extending beyond 500nm in the blue end is generated from a femtosecond oscillator. The selfQswitched and selfmodelocked Ti: sapphi re oscillator uses chirped mirrors and a prism pair for dispersion compensation. Th ese results will make the measurement of carrierenvelope offset frequency simp ler and improve the stability of optical frequency metrology at the same time.
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