227-fs pulses from a mode-locked Yb:LuScO3 thin disk laser

被引:45
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作者
Baer, Cyrill R. E. [1 ]
Kraenkel, Christian [1 ]
Heckl, Oliver H. [1 ]
Golling, Matthias [1 ]
Suedmeyer, Thomas [1 ]
Peters, Rigo [2 ]
Petermann, Klaus [2 ]
Huber, Guenter [2 ]
Keller, Ursula [1 ]
机构
[1] ETH, Dept Phys, Inst Quantum Elect, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Univ Hamburg, Inst Laser Phys, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 13期
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
SOLID-STATE LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; CERAMIC LASER; AVERAGE POWER; FEMTOSECOND; OSCILLATOR; YB-LU2O3; SLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; GENERATION;
D O I
10.1364/OE.17.010725
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on the first mode-locked thin disk laser based on Yb:LuScO3. This new mixed gain material combines the emission peaks of two sesquioxides, leading to a gain bandwidth of more than 20 nm. We achieve 7.2 W average output power in 227-fs pulses, which is shorter than for any previous ultrafast thin disk laser. The output power was limited by a growth defect near the center of the thin disk. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:10725 / 10730
页数:6
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