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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Veröffentlicht in:	Optics letters 2005-05, Vol.30 (10), p.1150-1152
Hauptverfasser:	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:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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