• DocumentCode
    2233602
  • Title

    Compact 7.4 W femtosecond oscillator for white-light generation and nonlinear microscopy

  • Author

    Steinmann, Andy ; Metzger, Bernd ; Hegenbarth, Robin ; Giessen, Harald

  • Author_Institution
    4th Phys. Inst., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a passively mode-locked two-crystal Yb:KGW oscillator delivering 7.4 W average power at a repetition rate of 41.7 MHz and 425 fs pulse duration and demonstrate the generation of high-power supercontinua in tapered fibers.
  • Keywords
    gadolinium compounds; laser mode locking; optical fibres; optical microscopy; optical pulse generation; potassium compounds; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; KGdWO4:Yb; femtosecond oscillator; frequency 41.7 MHz; high-power supercontinua; nonlinear microscopy; passive modelocking; power 7.4 W; tapered fibers; time 425 fs; two-crystal Yb:KGW oscillator; white-light generation; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950367
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2233602