AM mode-locked Tm-Ho:BaYF laser widely-tunable around 2.06 μm

Author

Gaizerano, G. ; Gatti, D. ; Laporta, P. ; Sani, E. ; Toncelli, A. ; Tonelli, M.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, CNR, Milan, Italy

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Firstpage

4

Abstract

In this work, we report on 300-mW average output power mode-locked laser, based on diode-pumped amplitude modulated mode-locked Tm-Ho:BaY₂F₈ (BaYF). Transform-limited pulse trains at 100 MHz repetition rate with a time duration of 110 ps have been generated with a controllable spectral tunability covering 59 nm around the Ho emission at 2.06 μm. The characterization of the mode-locked Tm-Ho:BaYF laser was performed both in the frequency and time domains.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; barium compounds; holmium; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical modulation; solid lasers; thulium; 110 ps; 2.06 micron; 300 mW; 59 nm; BaY₂F₈:Tm-Ho; diode-pumped amplitude modulated laser; frequency domain; holmium emission; laser characterization; laser power; mode-locked laser; spectral tunability; time domain; transform-limited pulse train; widely-tunable laser; Diodes; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567793

Filename

1567793