Title :
Ceramic Cr:ZnS laser mode-locked by graphene
Author :
Tolstik, Nikolai ; Sorokin, Evgeni ; Sorokina, Irina T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
We report a high-power graphene mode-locked ceramic Cr:ZnS-laser, producing 3.9 nJ, 140 fs pulses with 45 nm spectral bandwidth at 270 MHz repetition rate, at output power for the first time exceeding 1 W level.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; ceramics; chromium; graphene; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; ZnS:Cr; energy 3.9 nJ; femtosecond ceramic laser; frequency 270 MHz; high-power graphene mode-locked ceramic Cr:ZnS-laser; output power; repetition rate; spectral bandwidth; time 140 fs; Ceramics; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
