Title :
Highly efficient, broadly tunable 2-µm femtosecond Tm:KYW laser
Author :
Lagatsky, A.A. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Calvez, S. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Gupta, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
In conclusion, efficient mode locking of a Tm:KYW laser in the wavelength range from 1985 nm to 2065 nm has been demonstrated. Transform-limited pulses as short as 386 fs were generated around 2030 nm with an average output power of 235 mW.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; thulium; KYW:Tm; highly efficient broadly tunable femtosecond laser; mode locking; power 235 mW; transform-limited pulses; wavelength 1985 nm to 2065 nm; Educational institutions; Lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942457
