• DocumentCode
    733901
  • Title

    Soliton modelocking with normal dispersion via adiabatic excitation of χ(2) solitons in apodized fanout PPLN devices

  • Author

    Phillips, C.R. ; Mayer, A.S. ; Klenner, A. ; Keller, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Ultrafast Laser Phys., ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate soliton modelocking of a Yb:CALGO laser via cascaded second-order nonlinearities whereby the second-harmonic is adiabatically excited/de-excited in an apodized-fanout-PPLN crystal. We obtain 100-fs pulses at 540 MHz with 760 mW average power.
  • Keywords
    calcium compounds; gadolinium compounds; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical dispersion; optical harmonic generation; optical solitons; solid lasers; ytterbium; χ(2) solitons; CaGdAlO4:Yb; Yb:CALGO laser; adiabatic excitation; adiabatically de-excited second harmonic; adiabatically excited second harmonic; apodized fanout PPLN devices; cascaded second-order nonlinearities; frequency 540 MHz; normal dispersion; power 760 mW; soliton modelocking; time 100 fs; Crystals; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Microwave measurement; Mirrors; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184344
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733901