Title :
Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb/sup 3+/:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser
Author :
Shirakawa, A. ; Takaichi, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Bisson, J.F. ; Lu, J. ; Ueda, K. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Kaminskii, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The first mode-locked ceramic laser based on Yb/sup 3+/:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramics is presented. <420-mW, >430-fs pulses are generated at two center wavelengths of 1076 nm and 1037 nm.
Keywords :
ceramics; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1037 nm; 1076 nm; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Yb/sup 3+/; diode-pumped mode-locked Yb/sup 3+/:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
