Title :
Efficient broadband-spectrum oscillation of ultrashort-pulse Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG laser with intracavity nonlinear media overcoming the fluorescence spectrum limit
Author :
Matsubara, Shinichi ; Takama, Masaki ; Inoue, Masahiro ; Hitotsuya, Hiroyuki ; Okuda, Shinya ; Odahara, Mami ; Kawato, Sakae ; Ishida, Yuzo
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., RIKEN, Sayo, Japan
Abstract :
Efficient broadband spectrum oscillation was obtained directly from a laser-diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG laser with intracavity nonlinear media. The spectrum was expanded to around 1040 nm to 1070 nm. The spectrum is much broader than the fluorescence spectrum at 1050 nm.
Keywords :
fluorescence; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; lenses; nonlinear media; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; spectral analysis; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; broadband-spectrum oscillation; fluorescence spectrum; intracavity nonlinear media; laser-diode-pumped solid laser; ultrashort-pulse Kerr-lens mode-locked laser; wavelength 1050 nm; Chemical lasers; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Microchip lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode pumped; (140.3615) Lasers, ytterbium; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
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
