Femtosecond pulse generation with a diode-pumped Yb3+:YVO4 laser

A diode-pumped Yb:YVO4 laser has been passively mode locked for the first time, to our knowledge. 120 fs pulses with an average output power of 300 mW and a peak power as high as 14.5 kW are obtained by use of a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking. The optical spectrum h...

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Published in:Optics letters 2005-05, Vol.30 (10), p.1150-1152
Main Authors: KISEL, V. E, TROSHIN, A. E, KELLER, U, SHCHERBITSKY, V. G, KULESHOV, N. V, MATROSOV, V. N, MATROSOVA, T. A, KUPCHENKO, M. I, BRUNNER, F, PASCHOTTA, R, MORIER-GENOUD, F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diode-pumped lasers
Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Laser optical systems: design and operation
Lasers
Modulation, tuning, and mode locking
Optics
Physics
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Summary:A diode-pumped Yb:YVO4 laser has been passively mode locked for the first time, to our knowledge. 120 fs pulses with an average output power of 300 mW and a peak power as high as 14.5 kW are obtained by use of a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking. The optical spectrum has a 10 nm bandwidth (full width at half-maximum) and is centered at 1021 nm.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.30.001150