Title :
Highly-efficient mode-locked Yb:Sc/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser
Author :
Klopp, P. ; Griebner, U. ; Petrov, V. ; Petermann, K. ; Peters, V.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Mode-locking of the Yb:Sc/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser with a saturable absorber mirror is demonstrated. The pump efficiency reached 47% in the picosecond regime and with dispersion compensation pulses as short as 230 fs were obtained at 1044.5 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; scandium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1044.5 nm; 230 fs; Sc/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Yb; dispersion compensation pulses; mode-locked Yb:Sc/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser; picosecond regime; pump efficiency; saturable absorber mirror; Autocorrelation; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
