SESAM mode-locked red praseodymium laser

SESAM mode-locked red praseodymium laser

We present the first semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locked praseodymium solid-state laser. The laser is based on a Pr(3+):LiYF(4) crystal as gain medium and a GaInP-quantum well-based SESAM. Self-starting continuous-wave mode-locked laser operation with an average output power...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2014-12, Vol.39 (24), p.6939-6941
Hauptverfasser: Gaponenko, Maxim, Metz, Philip Werner, Härkönen, Antti, Heuer, Alexander, Leinonen, Tomi, Guina, Mircea, Südmeyer, Thomas, Huber, Günter, Kränkel, Christian
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Sprache:eng
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Lasers, Solid-State
Praseodymium
Radio Waves
Semiconductors
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Zusammenfassung:We present the first semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locked praseodymium solid-state laser. The laser is based on a Pr(3+):LiYF(4) crystal as gain medium and a GaInP-quantum well-based SESAM. Self-starting continuous-wave mode-locked laser operation with an average output power of 16 mW is achieved at a center wavelength of 639.5 nm. The laser operates at a repetition rate of ∼85.55  MHz and emits pulses with a duration of ∼18  ps.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.39.006939