V. F. Kamalov, A. P. Lifanov, B. I. Minkov, E. V. Slobodchikov, “Femtosecond forsterite Kerr-lens mode-locked laser pumped synchronously by an Nd<sup>3+</sup>:YAG laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1996, Volume 23, Number 1,Pages <nobr>5

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Lasers

Femtosecond forsterite Kerr-lens mode-locked laser pumped synchronously by an Nd³⁺:YAG laser

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

^a N N Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
^b Institute for Single Crystals, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov

Abstract: A femtosecond laser (pulse duration 30 fs, centre of the emission spectrum at λ = 1260 nm) with a chromium-doped forsterite crystal was developed. This laser operated on the basis of Kerr-lens mode locking. Synchronous pumping with an Nd³⁺:YAG picosecond laser resulted in forced generation of femtosecond pulses characterised by an enhanced stability of the output power, which was 5 — 7 times better than the stability of the pump laser. The output radiation of the forsterite laser was converted efficiently to the second harmonic (central wavelength 630 nm) in a thin nonlinear BBO crystal. The average power of the second-harmonic radiation was 15 mW.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Fc, 42.65.Ky, 78.20.Jq

Received: 01.01.1996