• DocumentCode
    2870381
  • Title

    Yb:CaGdAlO4 crystal for 47-fs diode-pumped laser

  • Author

    Boudeile, J. ; Zaouter, Y. ; Hanna, M. ; Druon, F. ; Georges, P. ; Petit, J. ; Golner, P. ; Viana, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Charles Fabry de l´´Inst. d´´Opt., CNRS, Orsay
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the first femtosecond laser operation of Yb3+:CaGdAlO4 crystal. Pulses as short as 47-fs have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    calcium compounds; gadolinium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; CaGdAlO4:Yb; diode-pumped laser; femtosecond laser operation; laser materials; time 47 fs; ytterbium-doped crystals; Absorption; Crystals; Diodes; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Solid lasers; Thermal conductivity; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium; 140.3070 Infrared and far-infrared lasers; 140.3480 Laser, diode-pumped; 140.4050 Mode-locked lasers; 140.5680 Rare earth, solid state laser; 999.9999 Laser, Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628178
  • Filename
    4628178