Title :
Generation of 65-fs ultrashort pulses at 1030-nm center wavelength directly from Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb∶YAG laser
Author :
Matsubara, Shinichi ; Hitotsuya, Hiroyuki ; Takama, Masaki ; Inoue, Masahiro ; Yamaguchi, Tatsuya ; Hirata, Kensuke ; Ishida, Yuzo ; Kawato, Sakae
Author_Institution :
Japan Synchrotron Radiat. Res. Inst., Sayo, Japan
Abstract :
Ultrashort pulse oscillation of 65-fs was obtained directly from a laser-diode pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG laser with an intracavity nonlinear medium. The pulse-width is shorter than the fourier transform limit by the fluorescence of Yb:YAG.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; Fourier transform limit; Kerr-lens mode-locked laser; YAG:Yb; intracavity nonlinear medium; laser-diode pumping; ultrashort pulse generation; ultrashort pulse oscillation; wavelength 1030 nm; Chemical lasers; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Microchip lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
