• DocumentCode
    272482
  • Title

    High-power sub-50 fs, Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillator pumped by high-brightness fiber-laser

  • Author

    Sévillanot, P. ; Machinet, G. ; Dubrasquet, R. ; Camy, Patrice ; Doualan, Jean-Louis ; Moncorge, Richard ; Georges, Patrick ; Druon, Frederic ; Descamps, D. ; Cormier, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    Centre Lasers Intenses et Applic., Univ. Bordeaux, Talence, France
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigated the influence of the spatial pump beam quality on the generation of ultra-short pulses in high-brightness Yb:fiber laser-pumped pure Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillators. We report pulse duration as short as 48 fs with an average output power of 2.7 W.
  • Keywords
    calcium compounds; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; CaF2:Yb; Kerr-lens mode-locking; Yb:CaF2 oscillator; high-brightness fiber-laser; power 2.7 W; spatial pump beam quality; time 48 fs; ultrashort pulse generation; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989230
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=272482