A Ti:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ master-oscillator/power-amplifier system

The authors have constructed a multistage Ti:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ master-oscillator/power-amplifier system which generates 115-ns, 0.38-J pulses at 800 nm. The system is tunable from 760 to 825 nm and has a repetition rate of 10 Hz. Measurements of the output pulse demonstrate near-diffraction-limited performance and a Fourier-transform-limited bandwidth of approximately 4 MHz.<
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