Title :
Passively mode-locked Yb:Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser
Author :
Griebner, U. ; Petrov, V. ; Peterman, K. ; Peters, V.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A mode locked Yb-laser with host material of Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/ is demonstrated for the first time. Using a saturable absorber mirror ps-pulses and with dispersion compensation pulses as short as 220 fs were obtained at 1033.5 nm.
Keywords :
compensation; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; lutetium compounds; mirrors; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1033.5 nm; 220 fs; Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Yb; dispersion compensation; passively mode-locked Yb:Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/ laser; saturable absorber mirror;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
