Passive mode-locking of the Yb:CNGG laser

被引:47
作者
Schmidt, Andreas [1 ]
Griebner, Uwe [1 ]
Zhang, Huaijin [2 ]
Wang, Jiyang [2 ]
Jiang, Minhua [2 ]
Liu, Junhai [3 ]
Petrov, Valentin [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Born Inst Nonlinear Opt & Short Pulse Spect, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[2] Shandong Univ, State Key Lab Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[3] Qingdao Univ, Coll Phys, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Yb:CNGG; Passive mode-locking; Femtosecond pulses; DISORDERED CRYSTAL; CNGG; PERFORMANCE; ND3+; IONS;
D O I
10.1016/j.optcom.2009.10.084
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Passive mode-locking using a SESAM is demonstrated for the Yb-doped cubic non-stoichiometric crystal CNGG which exhibits local disorder. The pulse duration of 73 fs obtained is the shortest for an isotropic Yb-doped laser crystal while larger output coupling resulted in average output powers of 750 mW with 66% efficiency in the mode-locked regime. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:567 / 569
页数:3
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