Title :
Mode-locking of the Yb:NaY(WO4)2 laser
Author :
Rivier, S. ; Garcia-Cortés, A. ; Torres, J. M Cano ; Griebner, U. ; Serrano, M.D. ; Cascales, C. ; Mateos, X. ; Zaldo, C. ; Petrov, V.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin
Abstract :
Mode-locking of the Yb:NaY(WO4)2 laser is reported. Pulse durations as short as 53 fs are achieved using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) and additional extracavity compression. Autocorrelation trace of the shortest pulse is obtained.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; sodium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; NaYWO4:Yb; autocorrelation trace; extracavity compression; laser mode-locking; pulse durations; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; Absorption; Crystals; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386261