Femtosecond Yb:YCOB laser pumped by narrow-stripe laser diode and passively modelocked using ion implanted saturable-absorber mirror

Author

Valentine, G.J. ; Kemp, A.J. ; Birkin, D.J.L. ; Burns, D. ; Balembois, F. ; Georges, P. ; Bernas, H. ; Aron, A. ; Aka, G. ; Sibbett, W. ; Brun, A. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Bente, E.

Author_Institution

Lab. Charles Fabry de l´´Inst. d´´Opt., Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

Volume

36

Issue

19

fYear

2000

fDate

9/14/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1621

Lastpage

1623

Abstract

The authors present, what they believe to be, the first femtosecond Yb:YCOB laser, pumped by a low-power, narrow-stripe laser diode. To facilitate modelocking, high-energy oxygen ion implantation of the saturable absorber is employed. 210 fs pulse generation at 16 mW average output power for 140 mW incident pump power is reported

Keywords

calcium compounds; ion implantation; laser beams; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 140 mW; 16 mW; 210 fs; YCa₄O(BO₃)₃:Yb; Yb:YCa₄O(BO₃)₃ laser; average output power; femtosecond laser; high-energy O ion implantation; incident pump power; ion implanted saturable-absorber mirror; low-power narrow-stripe laser diode; modelocking; narrow-stripe laser diode; passively modelocked laser; pulse generation; saturable absorber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20001141

Filename

871151