Title : 
Sub-80 fs pulses from a mode-locked Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 laser
         
        
            Author : 
Rivier, S. ; Rico, M. ; Griebner, U. ; Petrov, V. ; Serrano, M.D. ; Esteban-Betegón, F. ; Cascales, C. ; Zaldo, C. ; Zorn, M. ; Weyers, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In the paper passive mode-locking of the disordered laser crystal Yb:NaGdW using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SAM), is demonstrated. The pulse durations as short as 75 fs were achieved in an initial experiment on mode-locking of disordered Yb:NaGdW.
         
        
            Keywords : 
gadolinium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; sodium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; 80 fs; NaGd(WO4)2:Yb; mode-locked disordered laser crystal; pulse durations; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Propagation delay; Semiconductor lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8974-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568140