Titanium-sapphire laser

<p>A titanium-sapphire laser (also known as a Ti:sapphire laser, Ti:Al2O3 laser or Ti:sapph) is a <a href="/facts/Tunable_laser/CrBKz2S6">tunable laser</a> which emits <a href="/facts/Red/gLnFAVx4">red</a> and <a href="/facts/Infrared/44XdJNcc">near-infrared</a> light in the range from 650 to 1100 nanometers. This type of <a href="/facts/Laser/jk6PTvvT">laser</a> is mainly used in scientific research because of its tunability and its ability to generate <a href="/facts/Ultrashort_pulse/V8joGdvF">ultrashort pulses</a>, thanks to its broad light emission spectrum. Lasers based on Ti:sapphire were first constructed and invented in June 1982 by Peter Moulton at the <a href="/facts/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory/ea2JwxzT">MIT Lincoln Laboratory</a>.
</p><p>Titanium-sapphire refers to the <a href="/facts/Lasing_medium/Gmcharyh">lasing medium</a>, a crystal of <a href="/facts/Sapphire/C11GJAmm">sapphire</a> (Al2O3) that is <a href="/facts/Doping_(semiconductor)/WrGdtWnm">doped</a> with <a href="/facts/Titanium/53ArnDoy">Ti3+</a> <a href="/facts/Ion/3bePpDna">ions</a>. A Ti:sapphire laser is usually <a href="/facts/Laser_pumping/nDlFU5QA">pumped</a> with another laser with a wavelength of 514 to 532 nm, for which <a href="/facts/Argon/QX6NRH6d">argon</a>-<a href="/facts/Ion_laser/Kd3jDNqk">ion lasers</a> (514.5 nm) and <a href="/facts/Second_harmonic_generation/NzWSrT3J">frequency-doubled</a> <a href="/facts/Nd%3aYAG/n3Y2LHRc">Nd:YAG</a>, <a href="/facts/Nd%3aYLF/aXLjK3dC">Nd:YLF</a>, and <a href="/facts/Neodymium-doped_yttrium_orthovanadate/JtY8Y1q8">Nd:YVO</a> lasers (527–532 nm) are used. They are capable of laser operation from 670 nm to 1,100 nm wavelength. Ti:sapphire lasers operate most efficiently at wavelengths near 800 nm.
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Titanium-sapphire laser