Title :
High-power sub-50 fs, Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillator pumped by high-brightness fiber-laser
Author :
SeÌvillanot, P. ; Machinet, G. ; Dubrasquet, R. ; Camy, Patrice ; Doualan, Jean-Louis ; Moncorge, Richard ; Georges, Patrick ; Druon, Frederic ; Descamps, D. ; Cormier, Eric
Author_Institution :
Centre Lasers Intenses et Applic., Univ. Bordeaux, Talence, France
Abstract :
We investigated the influence of the spatial pump beam quality on the generation of ultra-short pulses in high-brightness Yb:fiber laser-pumped pure Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillators. We report pulse duration as short as 48 fs with an average output power of 2.7 W.
Keywords :
calcium compounds; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; CaF2:Yb; Kerr-lens mode-locking; Yb:CaF2 oscillator; high-brightness fiber-laser; power 2.7 W; spatial pump beam quality; time 48 fs; ultrashort pulse generation; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA