Abstract
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, operation of a holographic laser oscillator that uses laser-pumped Ti:sapphire : as the gain medium. The device is self-starting and self-adaptive by virtue of spontaneous gain-grating formation. We present experimental results of the system that include gain-switched pulses of 25–60-ns duration in a TEM00 mode and as much as 11 mJ of output energy from a plane output coupler and 47 mJ from an intracavity polarizer port.
© 1997 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
S. Camacho-López and M. J. Damzen
Opt. Lett. 24(11) 753-755 (1999)
I. D. Jung, F. X. Kärtner, N. Matuschek, D. H. Sutter, F. Morier-Genoud, G. Zhang, U. Keller, V. Scheuer, M. Tilsch, and T. Tschudi
Opt. Lett. 22(13) 1009-1011 (1997)
H. Suzuki, O. Kuribayashi, and F. Kannari
Opt. Lett. 22(22) 1710-1712 (1997)