Title :
Sub-150 fs pulses from a Tm:KLuW oscillator in the 2 μm wavelength range
Author :
Schmidt, Andreas ; Choi, Sun Young ; Yeom, Dong-Il ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Mateos, Xavier ; Segura, Martha ; Diaz, Francesc ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Femtosecond mode-locking of a Tm:KLu(WO4)2 laser using a single-walled carbon nanotubes based saturable absorber is demonstrated. Pulses as short as 142 fs are generated at a wavelength of ~2040 nm.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; optical saturable absorption; potassium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; C; KLuW:Tm; femtosecond mode locking; optical oscillator; saturable absorber; single walled carbon nanotubes; wavelength 2 mum; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
