Small Design Changes Can Pump Up Ti:Sapphire Laser Power
Ti:sapphire laser oscillators and amplifiers are the dominant sources for ultrafast applications because they can deliver ultrashort (<100 fs), widely tunable pulses and high pulse energies at various repetition rates. No other active medium, either available now or on the horizon, can match their performance.
Frequency-doubled, diode-pumped, solid-state green lasers are essential components in any Ti:sapphire ultrafast system. CW versions pump both the oscillators and...
Photonics Spectra, August 2004