High-brightness fiber laser-pumped 68 fs-2.3 W Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillator

被引：80

作者：

Machinet, G. ^{[1
]}

Sevillano, P. ^{[1
]}

Guichard, F. ^{[1
]}

Dubrasquet, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Camy, P. ^{[3
]}

Doualan, J. -L. ^{[3
]}

Moncorge, R. ^{[3
]}

Georges, P. ^{[4
]}

Druon, F. ^{[4
]}

Descamps, D. ^{[1
]}

Cormier, E. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bordeaux, Ctr Lasers Intenses & Applicat, CNRS, CEA,UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France

[2] Cite Photon Meropa, Azur Light Syst, F-33600 Pessac, France

[3] Univ Caen, Ctr Rech Ions Mat & Photon CIMAP, CNRS, ENSICaen,CEA,UMR 6252, F-14050 Caen, France

[4] Univ Paris 11, Lab Charles Fabry, CNRS, Inst Opt, F-91127 Palaiseau, France

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 38卷 / 20期

关键词：

NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE-INDEX; HIGH-POWER; CERAMIC LASER; CRYSTALS; EFFICIENT; YB/CAF2; LOCKING;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.38.004008

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

By using a high-brightness fiber pump laser, we demonstrate a pure Kerr-lens mode-locked (ML) Yb:CaF2 oscillator. The laser delivers 68 fs pulses with 2.3 W average power at 73 MHz repetition rate and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 33% is achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of Kerr-lens mode-locking in Yb:CaF2. Incidentally, we report here the highest average power ever achieved for a sub-100-fs active Kerr-lens ML Yb-bulk oscillator. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：4008 / 4010

页数：3

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