Palm-top-size, 1.5 kW peak-power, and femtosecond (160 fs) diode-pumped mode-locked Yb+3:KY(WO4)2 solid-state laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

被引：28
作者：
Yamazoe, Shogo [1 ]
Katou, Masaki [1 ]
Adachi, Takashi [1 ]
Kasamatsu, Tadashi [1 ]
机构：
[1] FUJIFILM Corp, Frontier Core Technol Labs, Kaisei, Kanagawa 2588577, Japan
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 35卷 / 05期
关键词：
REPETITION RATE; CR4+YAG LASER; GHZ; EFFICIENT;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.35.000748
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report a palm-top-size femtosecond diode-pumped mode-locked Yb+3:KY(WO4)(2) solid-state laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror utilizing soliton mode locking for shortening the cavity to 50 mm. An average output power of 680 mW and a pulse width of 162 fs were obtained at 1045 nm with a repetition rate of 2.8 GHz, which led to a peak power of 1.5 kW. Average power fluctuations of a modularized laser source were found to be +/-10% for the free-running 3000 h operation and +/-1% for the power-controlled 2000 h operation. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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页码：748 / 750
页数：3
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