• DocumentCode
    2899121
  • Title

    Sub-80 fs pulses from a mode-locked Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 laser

  • Author

    Rivier, S. ; Rico, M. ; Griebner, U. ; Petrov, V. ; Serrano, M.D. ; Esteban-Betegón, F. ; Cascales, C. ; Zaldo, C. ; Zorn, M. ; Weyers, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    359
  • Abstract
    In the paper passive mode-locking of the disordered laser crystal Yb:NaGdW using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SAM), is demonstrated. The pulse durations as short as 75 fs were achieved in an initial experiment on mode-locking of disordered Yb:NaGdW.
  • Keywords
    gadolinium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; sodium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; 80 fs; NaGd(WO4)2:Yb; mode-locked disordered laser crystal; pulse durations; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Propagation delay; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568140
  • Filename
    1568140
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2899121