A. A. Ivanov, V. F. Kamalov, A. P. Lifanov, J. Lucassen, B. I. Minkov, E. V. Slobodchikov, “Generation of 85-fs pulses in a self-mode-locked Cr:Mg2SiO4 (forsterite) laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1993, Volume 20, Number 10,Pages 1039

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Generation of 85-fs pulses in a self-mode-locked Cr:Mg₂SiO₄ (forsterite) laser

A. A. Ivanov^a, V. F. Kamalov^b, A. P. Lifanov^b, J. Lucassen^a, B. I. Minkov^c, E. V. Slobodchikov^b

^a M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
^b N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c Institute for Single Crystals, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov

Abstract: Ultrashort pulses, 85 fs long, have been generated in a Cr:Mg₂SiO₄ (forsterite) laser pumped by a cw Nd:YAG laser. Self-mode locking was observed in experiments with no intracavity elements except two prisms used to compensate for group-velocity dispersion.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.825.2

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Fc, 42.65.Re, 42.60.By

Received: 29.06.1993