Laser performances of Yb:CaGdAlO4 around 1 micrometer

Author

Petit, P.O. ; Goldner, P. ; Viana, B. ; Boudeile, J. ; Didierjean, J. ; Druon, F. ; Balembois, F. ; Georges, P.

Author_Institution

LCMCP-ENSCP, UPMC, Paris, France

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Yb:CaGdAlO₄ has been recently proved to be very interesting for the development of diode-pumped short-pulse mode-locked lasers. The generation of both very short pulse and high average power femtosecond oscillators has been demonstrated (68 fs pulses at an average power of 520 mW). Laser cavity has been extended to allow the increase of the energy per pulse for the same average power (reduction of the repetition rate). Short pulses (sub-100 fs) with lower repetition rate have been obtained.

Keywords

calcium compounds; gadolinium compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; ytterbium; CaGdAlO₄:Yb; diode-pumped lasers; femtosecond oscillators; laser cavity; laser pulse generation; laser repetition rate; power 520 mW; short-pulse mode-locked lasers; time 100 fs; time 68 fs; Diodes; Laser mode locking; Lenses; Optical materials; Optimized production technology; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Thermal lensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192331

Filename

5192331