Title :
Passively mode-locked Yb:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser with a GaAs saturable absorber mirror
Author :
Kong, J. ; Tang, D.Y. ; Lu, J. ; Ueda, K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
We report on a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb: Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser by using a GaAs wafer simultaneously as saturable absorber and output coupler. Mode-locked pulses of 1.1 ps with repetition rate of 125 MHz are achieved.
Keywords :
gallium arsenide; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical couplers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1.1 ps; 125 MHz; GaAs; GaAs saturable absorber mirror; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ :Yb; Yb:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser; diode pumping; mode-locked pulses; output coupler; passive mode-locking;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
