Femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser diode pumped by a double-clad fiber

被引：22

作者：

Liu, X ^{[1
]}

Qian, LJ

Wise, F

Zhang, ZG

Itatani, T

Sugaya, T

Nakagawa, T

Torizuka, K

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Appl Phys, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[2] Electrotech Lab, Ibaraki, Osaka 305, Japan

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.23.000129

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present a compact, all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser. The laser is pumped by diodes through a double-clad fiber. Kerr-lens mode locking is initiated and stabilized by a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror with a single InGaAs quantum well. This system generates transform-limited 80-fs pulses near 1.3 mu m. An average power of 68 mW with fluctuation of much less than 1% is obtained with 3.8 W of absorbed pump power. The stability, efficiency, compactness, and potential for scaling to higher power of this system make it an attractive short-pulse source for applications. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.

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页数：3

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