Ti:sapphire lasers
E939151
Ti:sapphire lasers are widely used tunable ultrafast solid-state lasers capable of generating extremely short, high-intensity pulses across a broad wavelength range.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ti:sapphire laser | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
solid-state laser
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tunable laser ⓘ ultrafast laser ⓘ |
| advantage |
broad tunability in the near-infrared and visible
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high damage threshold ⓘ supports sub-10-fs pulses without complex shaping ⓘ |
| commonConfiguration |
Kerr-lens mode-locked oscillator
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chirped-pulse amplification system ⓘ |
| discoveredAsLaserMedium | 1980s ⓘ |
| dopant | Ti3+ ⓘ |
| emissionType | broadband ⓘ |
| gainBandwidth | >200 nm ⓘ |
| gainMedium |
Ti:Al2O3 crystal
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titanium-doped sapphire ⓘ |
| hostCrystal | sapphire ⓘ |
| keyProperty |
good thermal conductivity of host crystal
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high peak power ⓘ very broad gain bandwidth ⓘ wide tunability ⓘ |
| pulseDurationCapability |
<10 fs
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few-cycle pulses ⓘ |
| tunableWavelengthRange | ~650–1100 nm ⓘ |
| typicalCavityType |
femtosecond oscillator
GENERATED
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multi-pass amplifier GENERATED ⓘ regenerative amplifier GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalCenterWavelength | ~800 nm GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalOperationMode |
Q-switched
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continuous-wave ⓘ mode-locked ⓘ |
| typicalPumpSource |
argon-ion laser
GENERATED
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frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser GENERATED ⓘ frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4 laser GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalPumpWavelength |
~514 nm
GENERATED
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~532 nm GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalRepetitionRate | tens of MHz ⓘ |
| usedFor |
attosecond pulse generation
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frequency standards ⓘ high-harmonic generation ⓘ material processing ⓘ medical imaging research ⓘ micromachining ⓘ multiphoton microscopy ⓘ nonlinear optics ⓘ optical coherence tomography ⓘ optical frequency comb generation ⓘ precision metrology ⓘ time-resolved pump–probe experiments ⓘ ultrafast spectroscopy ⓘ |
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