DocumentCode
1772371
Title
Dual-gain SESAM modelocked thin disk laser combining the emission spectra of Yb:LuP2 O3 and Yb:Sc2 O3 laser crystals
Author
Schriber, Cinia ; Emaury, Florian ; Beil, Kolja ; Golling, M. ; Saraceno, Clara J. ; Krankel, Christian ; Sudmeyer, Thomas ; Keller, Ulrich
Author_Institution
Inst. of QuantumElectronics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present the first dual-gain SESAM-modelocked thin-disk laser. Using Yb-doped sesquioxide crystals with 8-nm shifted emission peaks, we achieve large overall bandwidth from crystals with excellent thermo-mechanical properties and generate 138-fs pulses in proof-of-principle experiments.
Keywords
laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lutetium compounds; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; selenium compounds; solid lasers; spectral line shift; ytterbium; Lu2O3:Yb; Sc2O3:Yb; Yb-doped sesquioxide crystals; dual-gain SESAM; emission spectra; laser mode locking; pulse generation; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; thermomechanical properties; thin disk laser; time 138 fs; Bandwidth; Crystals; Laser mode locking; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989925
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