Continuous-wave and femtosecond laser operation of Yb:CaGdAlO4 under high-power diode pumping

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作者：
Boudeile, J. [1 ]
Druon, F.
Hanna, M.
Georges, P.
Zaouter, Y.
Cormier, E.
Petit, J.
Goldner, P.
Viana, B.
机构：
[1] Univ Paris Sud, CNRS, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91127 Palaiseau, France
[2] Amplitude Syst, F-33600 Pessac, France
[3] Ecole Natl Super Chim Paris, Lab Chim Appl, F-75231 Paris, France
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OPTICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 32卷 / 14期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.32.001962
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We demonstrate the generation of 68 fs secant hyperbolic pulses at a 105 MHz repetition rate with an average power of 520 mW from a diode-pumped Yb3+: CaGdAlO4 mode-locked laser. A semiconductor saturable absorber allows passive mode locking, and a 15 W diode laser is used to pump directly the crystal. To our knowledge this represents the highest average power ever obtained for a sub-100 fs diode-pumped Yb-bulk laser. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.
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页码：1962 / 1964
页数：3
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