• DocumentCode
    1772370
  • Title

    Soliton modelocking via cascaded quadratic nonlinearities in a SESAM-modelocked Yb:CALGO laser

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present soliton modelocking based on cascading of quadratic nonlinearities using an LBO crystal in a SESAM-modelocked Yb:CaGdAlO4 laser cavity, enabling pulse formation in the positive GDD-regime, reaching 114-fs pulses at 1.1-W average output power.
  • Keywords
    calcium compounds; gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical delay lines; optical dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; solid lasers; ytterbium; CaGdAlO4:Yb; LBO crystal; SESAM-modelocked ytterbiujm:CALGO laser cavity; cascaded quadratic nonlinearities; group delay dispersion; optical pulse formation; positive GDD-regime; power 1.1 W; soliton modelocking; time 114 fs; Cavity resonators; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Power generation; Power lasers; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989924
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1772370