Highly-dispersive mirrors reach new levels of dispersion

Opt Express. 2015 Jun 1;23(11):13788-93. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.013788.

Abstract

A highly-dispersive mirror with the unprecedented group delay dispersion of -10000 fs2 in the wavelength range of 1025-1035 nm is reported. Reproducible production of a coating with such a high dispersion was possible due to the recently developed robust synthesis technique. Successful employment of the new highly-dispersive mirror in an oscillator is demonstrated.