Group-velocity-dispersion compensation of a passively mode-locked ring LiF:F(2)(+) color-center laser.

By using an intracavity prism sequence to control group-velocity dispersion, pulses as short as 180 fsec have been generated near 850 nm from a passively mode-locked, traveling-wave LiF:F(2)(+) color-center laser.

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