Mode-locked and Cavity-dumped Cr:LiSAF Lasers Far Off The Gain Peak: Tunable ns and fs Pulses Near 1 µm

Abstract

We have developed Cr:LiSAF oscillators around 1 µm, producing sub-200-fs pulses with 80pJ energy at 150 MHz and 2.5-500 ns pulses with 100nJ energy at 100 kHz in mode-locked and cavity-dumped regimes, respectively.