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30 January 2012 Low noise laser system generating 26-fs pulse duration, 30-kW peak power, and tunability from 800- to 1200-nm for ultrafast spectroscopy and multiphoton microscopy
Bojan Resan, Felix Brunner, Andreas Rohrbacher, Hubert Ammann, Kurt J. Weingarten
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Abstract
We demonstrate a novel low noise, tunable, high-peak-power, ultrafast laser system based on a SESAM-modelocked, solid-state Yb tungstate laser plus spectral broadening via a microstructured fiber followed by pulse compression. The spectral selection, tuning, and pulse compression are performed with a simple prism compressor. The spectral broadening and fiber parameters are chosen to insure low-noise operation of the tunable output. The long-term stable output pulses are tunable from 800 to 1200 nm, with a peak power up to 30 kW and pulse duration down to 26 fs. This system is attractive for variety of applications including ultrafast spectroscopy, multiphoton (TPE, SHG, THG, CARS) and multimodal microscopy, nanosurgery, nanostructuring, and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Such system is simpler, lower-cost, and much easier to use (fully turn-key) compared to a currently available solutions for near-infrared ultrashort pulses, typically a Ti:sapphire laser-pumped OPO.
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Bojan Resan, Felix Brunner, Andreas Rohrbacher, Hubert Ammann, and Kurt J. Weingarten "Low noise laser system generating 26-fs pulse duration, 30-kW peak power, and tunability from 800- to 1200-nm for ultrafast spectroscopy and multiphoton microscopy", Proc. SPIE 8247, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XII, 82470G (30 January 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908611
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KEYWORDS
Laser systems engineering

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy

Pulsed laser operation

Multiphoton microscopy

Nanostructuring

Tunable lasers

Ultrafast lasers

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