Ultralow noise optical frequency combs

M Endo, TD Shoji, TR Schibli - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The invention of optical frequency combs (OFCs) based on femtosecond (fs) mode-locked
lasers has merged laser based spectroscopy with fs-laser technology. OFCs have triggered …

Review of laser‐diode pumped Ti: sapphire laser

H Liu, S Sun, L Zheng, G Wang, W Tian… - Microwave and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ti: sapphire laser has an important position in ultrashort pulse generation and wavelength
tuning. The use of expensive frequency‐doubled diode‐pumped solid‐state laser as the …

Ultra-CEP-stable single-cycle pulses at 2.2 µm

M Kowalczyk, N Nagl, P Steinleitner, N Karpowicz… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-cycle optical pulses with controllable carrier-envelope phase (CEP) form the basis to
manipulate the nonlinear polarization of matter on a sub-femtosecond time scale. Moreover …

Directly diode-pumped, Kerr-lens mode-locked, few-cycle Cr: ZnSe oscillator

N Nagl, S Gröbmeyer, V Pervak, F Krausz, O Pronin… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Lasers based on Cr^ 2+-doped II-VI material, often known as the Ti: Sapphire of the mid-
infrared, can directly provide few-cycle pulses with octave-spanning spectra, and serve as …

Cr: Colquiriite Lasers: Current status and challenges for further progress

U Demirbas - Progress in quantum electronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Cr: Colquiriite laser materials (Cr: LiCAF, Cr: LiSAF, Cr: LiSGaF) own broad
absorption bands in the visible region that allow direct-diode pum** by well-developed …

Subsurface damage in sapphire ultra-precision grinding

S Wang, Q Zhao - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2024 - Elsevier
This work is to investigate the subsurface damage distribution law and suppression methods
in sapphire ultra-precision grinding. The grinding strategies of rough grinding, semi-finish …

Efficient few-cycle Yb-doped laser oscillator with Watt-level average power

F Labaye, VJ Wittwer, M Hamrouni, N Modsching… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
So far, the operation of ultrafast bulk laser oscillators based on Yb-doped gain materials and
directly emitting few-cycle pulses have been restricted to low optical-to-optical efficiencies …

Directly diode-pumped femtosecond Cr: ZnS amplifier with ultra-low intensity noise

S Qu, A Paudel, A Sebesta, P Steinleitner, N Nagl… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Diode-pumped Cr: ZnS oscillators have emerged as precursors for single-cycle infrared
pulse generation with excellent noise performance. Here we demonstrate a Cr: ZnS …

THz-TDS with gigahertz Yb-based dual-comb lasers: noise analysis and mitigation strategies

B Willenberg, CR Phillips, J Pupeikis, SL Camenzind… - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We investigate terahertz time-domain spectroscopy using a low-noise dual-frequency-comb
laser based on a single spatially multiplexed laser cavity. The laser cavity includes a …

Efficient high-power sub-50-fs gigahertz repetition rate diode-pumped solid-state laser

M Hamrouni, F Labaye, N Modsching, VJ Wittwer… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this article we present a directly diode-pumped high-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:
CALGO bulk laser oscillator operating at 1-GHz repetition rate. We report on two laser …