Title :
Directly diode-pumped oscillators and regenerative amplifiers for ultra-short pulse generation
Author :
Raybaut, Pierre ; Druon, Frédéric ; Balembois, François ; Georges, Patrick ; Gaumé, Romain ; Aka, Gerard ; Viana, Bruno
Author_Institution :
Lab. Charles Fabry de l´´Inst. d´´Optique, Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Abstract :
We present a review of new ytterbium doped crystals (Yb:GdCOB, Yb:BOYS and Yb:SYS) used to develop sub-100-fs diode-pumped oscillators at around 1 /spl mu/m and a regenerative amplifier producing 380-fs, up to 100-/spl mu/j at 350-Hz.
Keywords :
calcium compounds; gadolinium compounds; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; strontium compounds; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 100 fs; 350 Hz; 380 fs; Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/:Yb; Sr/sub 3/Y(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/:Yb; SrY/sub 4/(SiO/sub 4/)/sub 3/O:Yb; diode-pumped oscillators; regenerative amplifiers; ultra-short pulse generation; ytterbium doped crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
