• DocumentCode
    1792749
  • Title

    A highly efficient compact Yb:KYW laser

  • Author

    Kuznetsov, S.A. ; Pivtsov, Victor S.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Laser Phys., Novosibirsk, Russia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    June 30 2014-July 4 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    A promising scheme of ytterbium mode-locked laser using a multimode pump source has been developed. Record differential efficiency (40%) and full optical efficiency (35%) have been obtained. This makes it possible to develop compact laser systems, such as precision mobile femtosecond synthesizers. The characteristics of the laser and ways of improving its efficiency are discussed.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light sources; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; KYW:Yb; differential efficiency; highly efficient compact ytterbium:KYW laser; multimode pump source; optical efficiency; precision mobile femtosecond synthesizers; ytterbium mode-locked laser; Heat pumps; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical recording; Optical variables measurement; differential and optical efficiency; mode locking; multimode diode pumping; ytterbium laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Saint Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LO.2014.6886257
  • Filename
    6886257