Passively mode-locked Yb:CNGG laser

Author

Schmidt, A. ; Griebner, U. ; Zhang, H. ; Wang, Jiacheng ; Jiang, Mian ; Liu, M. Jiang J ; Petrov, V.

Author_Institution

Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we have demonstrated 2.0 W of CW output power with a slope efficiency of 40% for Yb:CNGG and the passively Q-switched operation delivered 1.35 W of average output power at a PRF of 16.7 kHz. Here we demonstrate passive mode-locking of the disordered laser crystal Yb:CNGG using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM).

Keywords

Q-switching; calcium compounds; gallium compounds; laser beams; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; niobium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; CW laser output power; Ca₃(NbGa)_2-xGa₃O₁₂:Yb; Q-switched operation; SESAM; disordered laser crystal; efficiency 40 percent; passive mode-locked laser; power 1.35 W; power 2.0 W; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; slope efficiency; Absorption; Bandwidth; Crystalline materials; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Thermal conductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194548

Filename

5194548