Title :
Passive mode-locking of a diode pumped Nd:ScYSiO5 laser
Author :
Aleksandrov, V. ; Iliev, H. ; Zheng, Lei ; Su, Li ; Xu, Jie ; Aka, G. ; Buchvarov, Ivan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Sofia Univ., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
In this work we report the first realisation of a Nd:ScYSiO5 laser mode-locked by semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). We achieve a stable train of picosecond pulses having 5.7 ps pulse duration and average output power of 150 mW at repetition rate of 99 MHz, as well as dual-wavelength mode-locking with output power of 500 mW.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pumping; scandium compounds; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; ScYSiO5:Nd; diode pumped laser; dual-wavelength mode-locking; frequency 99 MHz; output power; passive mode-locking; picosecond pulses; power 150 mW to 500 mW; pulse duration; repetition rate; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; time 5.7 ps; Crystals; Ions; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800650
