Title :
233-fs mode-locked Yb:YAG ceramic laser
Author :
Yoshioka, Hiroaki ; Nakamura, Shinki ; Ogawa, Takayo ; Wada, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Media & Telecommun., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi, Japan
Abstract :
A diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb:YAG ceramic laser was demonstrated. 233-fs pulses with an average power of 20 mW were obtained at a center wavelength of 1048.3 nm using a 0.1% output coupler.
Keywords :
ceramics; high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical couplers; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; SESAM; YAG:Yb; ceramic laser; diode-pumped laser; optical coupler; passively mode-locked laser; power 20 mW; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; time 233 fs; wavelength 1048.3 nm; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Lenses; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; SESAM; Yb:YAG; ceramics; femtosecond;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292309
