Abstract

Broadband measurements of the frequency-dependent group delay in a Ti:sapphire passive mode-locked laser operating at a 100-fs pulse width under various conditions are reported. From these measurements one can determine the dispersive limits and the connection between dispersion and mode-locking stability in the self-mode-locked regime.

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Operation of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire solitary laser in the vicinity of zero group-delay dispersion

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Femtosecond pulse generation in a Ti:Al₂O₃ laser by using second- and third-order intracavity dispersion

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