• DocumentCode
    1772373
  • Title

    Mode-locking of a diode-pumped Yb:CLNGG laser using single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber

  • Author

    Yuangeng Zhang ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Xingyu Zhang ; Sun Young Choi ; Ji Yoon Gwak ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Mateos, Xavier ; Haohai Yu ; Huaijin Zhang ; Junhai Liu

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A diode-pumped Yb:CLNGG laser is mode-locked with a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber achieving pulse durations as short as 90 fs at ~1049 nm and maximum average output power of 90 mW at 83 MHz.
  • Keywords
    calcium compounds; carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; C; Ca3Li0.26Nb1.69Ga3.05O12:Yb; diode-pumped Yb:CLNGG laser; frequency 83 MHz; laser mode-locking; output power; pulse durations; saturable absorber; single-walled carbon nanotube; Carbon nanotubes; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989926