Title :
Passive mode-locking of a Tm:YLF laser
Author :
Schmidt, Andreas ; Parisi, Daniela ; Veronesi, Stefano ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Cho, Won Bae ; Choi, Sun Young ; Yim, Jong Hyuk ; Lee, Soonil ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Griebner, Uwe ; Petrov, Valentin
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Stable and self-starting mode-locking of a Tm:LiYF4 laser using a single-walled carbon nanotubes based saturable absorber is demonstrated. Pulses as short as 19 ps are generated at a wavelength of ~1888 nm.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; laser mode locking; laser stability; lithium compounds; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thulium; C; YLF:Tm; passive mode locking; saturable absorber; self-starting mode locking; single walled carbon nanotube; stable mode locking; Crystals; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
