Title :
Fundamentally mode-locked Yb3+-doped glass waveguide lasers with repetition rate of up to 15.2 GHz
Author :
Choudhary, Alok ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Pradeesh, K. ; Sibbett, W. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Shepherd, David P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Recently, we have demonstrated the first passively mode-locked Yb:glass channel waveguide laser operating with a repetition rate of 4.9 GHz. In this work we report the pulse repetition frequency as high as 15.2 GHz from a diode-pumped Yb:glass waveguide laser which produces a pulse duration of 811 fs with an output power of 27 mW at around 1047 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical pumping; phosphate glasses; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; P2O5:Yb; diode-pumped Yb:glass waveguide laser; fundamentally mode-locked Yb3+-doped glass waveguide lasers; output power; power 27 mW; pulse duration; pulse repetition frequency; repetition rate; time 811 fs; Glass; Laser mode locking; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801078
