Diode-pumped gigahertz femtosecond Yb:KGW laser with a peak power of 3.9 kW

被引：62

作者：

Pekarek, Selina ^{[1
]}

Fiebig, Christian ^{[2
]}

Stumpf, Max Christoph ^{[1
]}

Oehler, Andreas Ernst Heinz ^{[1
]}

Paschke, Katrin ^{[2
]}

Erbert, Goetz ^{[2
]}

Suedmeyer, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Keller, Ursula ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ETH, Inst Quantum Elect, Dept Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

[2] Ferdinand Braun Inst Hochstfrequenztech, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2010年 / 18卷 / 16期

关键词：

SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRROR; GHZ REPETITION RATE; 1.5; MU-M; FREQUENCY COMB; MODE-LOCKING; PULSE GENERATION; PHASE-CONTROL; YB; SPECTROSCOPY; PRECISION;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.18.016320

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present a diode-pumped Yb:KGW laser with a repetition rate of 1 GHz and a pulse duration of 281 fs at a wavelength of 1041 nm. A high brightness distributed Bragg reflector tapered diode laser is used as a pump source. Stable soliton modelocking is achieved with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The obtained average output power is 1.1 W and corresponds to a peak power of 3.9 kW and a pulse energy of 1.1 nJ. With harmonic modelocking we could increase the pulse repetition rate up to 4 GHz with an average power of 900 mW and a pulse duration of 290 fs. This Yb: KGW laser has a high potential for stable frequency comb generation. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：16320 / 16326

页数：7

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