Generation of 1053-nm femtosecond pulses by Yb:YAG laser

Author

Zhou, Binbin ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Li, Dehua ; Teng, Hao ; Bourdet, G.L.

Author_Institution

Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Femtosecond Yb:YAG laser at 1053 nm was realized by optimized crystal length and doping concentration, stable mode-locking power of 180 mW was achieved under 2 W pump. Measurement shows 170 fs pulse duration and 7 nm spectrum bandwidth.

Keywords

laser beams; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; spectral line broadening; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; broader spectrum; optical pulse generation; optimized crystal length; power 180 mW; power 2 W; spectrum bandwidth; stable mode-locked laser; time 170 fs; ultrashort pulse laser; wavelength 1053 nm; wavelength 7 nm; Doping; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (140.3615) Lasers, ytterbium; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast laser;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225929