FEMTOSECOND YB-YAG LASER USING SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBERS

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作者
HONNINGER, C [1 ]
ZHANG, G [1 ]
KELLER, U [1 ]
GIESEN, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV STUTTGART,INST STRAHLWERKZEUGE,D-70569 STUTTGART,GERMANY
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10.1364/OL.20.002402
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a passively mode-locked femtosecond Yb:YAG laser using different semiconductor saturable absorber devices, a high-finesse and a low-finesse antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber. We achieved pulses as short as 540 fs with dispersion compensation and 1.7-ps pulses without dispersion compensation. We also mode locked the laser at either 1.03 or 1.05 mu m by adjusting the band gap and antiresonance wavelength design of the antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
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页码:2402 / 2404
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