Title :
Compact and tunable sub-20 fs laser source for ultrafast nonlinear applications
Author :
Metzger, Bernd ; Steinmann, Andy ; Albrecht, Gelon ; Giessen, Harald
Author_Institution :
Res. Center SCoPE, Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
The paper reports on the use of ytterbium based solitary mode-locked oscillators, which can be pumped by very inexpensive laser diodes in the near infrared. For the experiments, a Yb:KGW oscillator is used which emits laser pulses at 1025 nm with durations in the range of 200 fs and average powers of several watts at 44 MHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; KGdWO4:Yb; laser diode pumping; laser pulses; laser tuning; time 200 fs; ultrafast nonlinear applications; wavelength 1025 nm; ytterbium based solitary mode-locked oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942881
