Title :
Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Er,Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 laser at 1.5 -1.6 μm
Author :
Lagatsky, A.A. ; Kisel, V.E. ; Troshin, A.E. ; Tolstik, N.A. ; Leonyuk, N.I. ; Zhukov, A.E. ; Rafailov, E.U. ; Kuleshov, N.V. ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution :
St. Andrews Univ., St. Andrews
Abstract :
This paper reports on a passively mode-locked Er3+,Yb3+:YAl3(BO3)4 (Er,Yb:YAB) laser that generates 3.8 ps-pulses at 1530 nm with an average power up to 270 mW. This is the first passively mode-locked Er /Yb co-doped laser based on a crystalline gain medium. The optimisation of the saturable absorber and laser-gain parameters such as modulation depth, intracavity fluence and dispersion will lead to efficient sub-picosecond pulse generation in range of 1.5-1.6 μm from this type of diode-pumped Er,Yb:YAB laser.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAl3(BO3)4:Er,Yb; intracavity fluence; laser-gain parameters; modulation depth; passively mode-locked laser; saturable absorber; sub-picosecond pulse generation; wavelength 1.5 μm to 1.6 μm; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Physics; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0930-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385862
