Titanium sapphire laser an overview sciencedirect topics. Al 2 o 3 is a tunable laser which emits red and nearinfrared light in the range from 650 to 1180 nm. Titaniumsapphire refers to the lasing medium, a crystal of sapphire al2o3 that is doped. Twentytwo years after the ruby laser was discovered, p. As an example of a laser, we describe the titaniumsapphire laser. A sapphire crystal doped with titanium ions absorbs this green pump light, putting ti3. Tunable titanium sapphire lasers, presented at spie. Sapphire emission on the basis of the absorption of radiation in water. Awardwinning solstis is a next generation continuouswave ti. They can be widely wavelengthtunable andor generate femtosecond light pulses. Sapphire show promise as a tunable, all solidstate laser system. A cw titanium sapphire laser pumped by an argon ion laser was used for. Sapphire laser designed to meet the needs of pioneering scientists looking for high performance, ease of use, system flexibility and reliability.
Nddoped solid state laser, which is in turn pumped by an array of semiconductor. Intensity noise transfer through a diodepumped titanium. Pure sapphire al2o3 exists as a trigonal crystal, and titanium dopants. We describe the titanium sapphire laser, which is a vibronic laser, for simplicity, as a fourlevel laser fig. Laser cutting system, lasers photonics handbook, lasersforlifesciencesproductguide formfirst. A more advanced and thorough overview is given in several books 33,34 and articles 35. Pure sapphire al 2o 3 exists as a trigonal crystal, and titanium dopants typically at a density. Sapphire show promise as a tunable, allsolidstate laser system. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. The temperature dependence of the 2e lifetime was measured from 4 to 650 k and is explained in a singlephonon model. Sapphire we begin by examining the crystal structure of ti.
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Frequency stabilization of a titaniumsapphire laser for precision. Part of the springer series in optical sciences book series ssos, volume 52. An onlinepdf version of this thesis is available at. In this paper, we investigate the noise performance and transfer in a titanium sapphire ti. Continuouswave laser operation and quantum efficiency of. Use and development of a cw titanium sapphire laser for. Nd doped solid state laser, which is in turn pumped by an array of semiconductor. The millennia diode laser produces an infrared beam that is frequency doubled into the green to provide the pump beam for the femtosecond oscillator. We analyze the freerunning characteristics and the effective emission cross section of the laser. Deepultraviolet frequency metrology with a narrowband titanium. This fully automated, compact system features a completely sealed. Ti sapphire laser cw narrow linewidth laser solstis.