Generation of ultrasmooth broadband spectra by gain-assisted self-phase modulation in a Ti : sapphire laser

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Crespo, H (Author) FCUP; Tognetti, MV (Author) Other; Cataluna, MA (Author) Other; Mendonca, JT (Author) Other; dos Santos, A (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Ultrafast Optics V

Pages: 281-289

Joint Conference on Ultrafast Optics V and Applications of High Field and Short Wavelength Sources XI

Nara, JAPAN, SEP, 2005

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-ERJ

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49119-6_37

Abstract (EN): We demonstrate the generation of broadband symmetric spectra centered at 800 nm directly from a standard prism dispersion controlled mode locked Ti:sapphire laser built using standard quarter-wave stacks. To our knowledge, these are the smoothest broadband spectra ever generated from a Ti:sapphire laser. Measurements of the net intracavity dispersion, and a one-dimensional simulation, suggest that spectral generation and shaping result from intracavity gain-assisted self-phase modulation.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9