Femtosecond pulse operation of a Tm,Ho-codoped crystalline laser near 2 μm

被引：70

作者：

Lagatsky, A. A. ^{[1
]}

Fusari, F. ^{[1
]}

Calvez, S. ^{[2
]}

Kurilchik, S. V. ^{[3
]}

Kisel, V. E. ^{[3
]}

Kuleshov, N. V. ^{[3
]}

Dawson, M. D. ^{[2
]}

Brown, C. T. A. ^{[1
]}

Sibbett, W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Dept Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

[2] Univ Strathclyde, Inst Photon, Wolfson Ctr, Glasgow G4 0NW, Lanark, Scotland

[3] Belarus Natl Tech Univ, Inst Opt Mat & Technol, Minsk 220013, BELARUS

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 35卷 / 02期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

PASSIVE-MODE-LOCKING; THULIUM FIBER LASER; CONTINUOUS-WAVE; TM; 2-MU-M; OSCILLATOR;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.35.000172

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, femtosecond-regime mode locking of a Tm,Ho-codoped crystalline laser operating in the 2 mu m spectral region. Transform-limited 570 fs pulses were generated at 2055 nm by a Tm, Ho: KY(WO4)(2) laser that produced an average output power of 130 mW at a pulse repetition frequency of 118 MHz. Mode locking was achieved using an ion-implanted InGaAsSb quantum-wellbased semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

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页码：172 / 174

页数：3

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