Using Fan-poled Crystals to Tune Ti:S Lasers

Titanium:Sapphire (Ti:S)-based laser systems have revolutionized ultrafast research from biological imaging to high energy physics. Ti:S has a very broad gain bandwidth (680-1080 nm) but many applications require even broader tuning ranges covering UV, visible, and longer IR wavelengths. Frequency doubling, tripling, and quadrupling extend access to the 190-540 nm range. Ultrafast optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) pumped by Ti:S lasers reach beyond 1080 nm and fill in the “Ti:S gap” (540 to 680 nm).