DocumentCode
2054593
Title
Highly efficient, broadly tunable 2-µm femtosecond Tm:KYW laser
Author
Lagatsky, A.A. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Calvez, S. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Gupta, J.A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
In conclusion, efficient mode locking of a Tm:KYW laser in the wavelength range from 1985 nm to 2065 nm has been demonstrated. Transform-limited pulses as short as 386 fs were generated around 2030 nm with an average output power of 235 mW.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; thulium; KYW:Tm; highly efficient broadly tunable femtosecond laser; mode locking; power 235 mW; transform-limited pulses; wavelength 1985 nm to 2065 nm; Educational institutions; Lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942457
Filename
5942457
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