Pulsed injection control of a titanium-doped sapphire laser

Brockman, P.; Bair, C. H.; Barnes, J. C.; Hess, R. V.; Browell, E. V.

doi:10.1364/ol.11.000712

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“…For this last point, mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire laser [89][90][91] (Ti: Sa) is the technology most widely implemented in multiphoton microscopes. It is suited to a microscope workstation: reasonably (non-)voluminous, turnkey, user-friendly, stable and reliable.…”

Section: Laser Technology Usually Implemented On Commercial Multiphotmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of biomedical multiphoton microscopy and its laser sources

Lefort¹

2017

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) has been the subject of major development efforts for about 25 years for imaging biological specimens at micron scale and presented as an elegant alternative to classical fluorescence methods such as confocal microscopy. In this topical review, the main interests and technical requirements of MPM are addressed with a focus on the crucial role of excitation source for optimization of multiphoton processes. Then, an overview of the different sources successfully demonstrated in literature for MPM is presented, and their physical parameters are inventoried. A classification of these sources in function with their ability to optimize multiphoton processes is proposed, following a protocol found in literature. Starting from these considerations, a suggestion of a possible identikit of the ideal laser source for MPM concludes this topical review.

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Section: Laser Technology Usually Implemented On Commercial Multiphotmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of biomedical multiphoton microscopy and its laser sources

Lefort¹

2017

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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“…Accurate measurements of water vapor using the differential absorption lidar ͑DIAL͒ method in the near infrared spectral region require single-frequency operation of highpower pulsed lasers [1][2][3][4] at two frequencies with a small frequency difference of about 50 GHz. 5 Injection seeding is one of the most efficient techniques for spectral narrowing of pulsed lasers and optical parametric oscillators.…”

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“…24 Many techniques to injection seed pulsed Ti:Sa laser use narrow band cw Ti:Sa lasers or even pulsed dye lasers. 1,2,8,25 However when a compact and robust setup is required, such as for DIAL applications, diode lasers are the preferred choice as the seed source. [26][27][28][29] In order to generate on-and offline wavelengths, several authors change the wavelength of the seed from pulse to pulse.…”

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Fast-switching system for injection seeding of a high-power Ti:sapphire laser

Khalesifard

Fix

Ehret

et al. 2009

Review of Scientific Instruments

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A high frequency switching and tunable seed laser system has been designed and constructed for injection seeding of a high-power pulsed Ti:sapphire laser. The whole laser system operates as the transmitter of a scanning, ground-based, water-vapor differential absorption lidar (DIAL). The output of two seed lasers can be tuned in the wavelength range of 815-840 nm up to the power of 20 mW and switched between the online and offline wavelengths of the DIAL at frequencies of 0-1 kHz. The frequency stability of online and offline seed lasers is better than +/-20 MHz rms and the mode-hop-free tuning range is greater than 40 GHz with external cavity diode lasers. The advantage of this system for efficient injection seeding of the Ti:sapphire cavity is that it is modular, robust, fully fiber-coupled, and polarization maintaining.

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“…Classical Ti:S injection-seeding systems [3][4][5] exhibit much better energy parameters. However, such systems are usually bulky and complex in terms of design and control.…”

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Self-seeded Ti:sapphire laser with active feedback mirror

Peshev¹,

Deleva²

2003

Journal of Modern Optics

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A single-longitudinal mode (SLM) dual-cavity pulsed Ti: sapphire laser is presented. It is self-seeded by means of an active feedback mirror (AFM) consisting of a partially reflecting mirror and additional active medium. The use of AFM results in an increase of both the laser output energy and overall conversion efficiency by a factor of about 1.4 compared to results achieved with a passive feedback mirror, under equivalent conditions. A reliable, temporally stable SLM regime of operation is achieved in the 740-820 nm spectral range. IntroductionLittman-type cavity configuration [1] Ti:sapphire (Ti:S) lasers produce broadly tunable single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) radiation with a high peak power [2]. Standard Littman-cavity SLM lasers are simple and compact, but they are characterized by extremely high threshold, low conversion efficiency, and low output energy.Classical Ti:S injection-seeding systems [3-5] exhibit much better energy parameters. However, such systems are usually bulky and complex in terms of design and control.Self-seeded pulsed Ti:S lasers, pumped by lasers [6][7][8] or by flashlamps [9], combine compactness and tunability with high efficiency and output energy. Ko et al.[7] developed a dual-cavity self-seeded Ti:S laser by placing a partially reflecting feedback mirror at the output of a standard Littman cavity laser. Merriam and Yin [8] reported enhanced operation of a Ti:S laser using such a cavity configuration. The retroreflectors mentioned above are simple mirrors, i.e. they represent passive optical elements. Scheps and Myers [10] described a twowavelength Ti:S laser with an active mirror positioned in one of the two cavity channels. The active mirror represents a combination of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG crystal and a passive end reflector. The use of an active mirror in the cavity results in enhanced laser operation at the wavelength having lower emission cross-section. However, the active mirror operates at one fixed spectral line only.In this work, a self-seeded coupled-cavity pulsed Ti:S laser with an active feedback mirror (AFM) in the cavity is described. The AFM comprises an active element of the same type as the laser medium. This ensures enhanced SLM operation of the laser over its broad tuning range.

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Pulsed injection control of a titanium-doped sapphire laser

Cited by 46 publications

References 8 publications

A review of biomedical multiphoton microscopy and its laser sources

A review of biomedical multiphoton microscopy and its laser sources

Fast-switching system for injection seeding of a high-power Ti:sapphire laser

Self-seeded Ti:sapphire laser with active feedback mirror

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