1.1-W femtosecond diode-pumped Yb:KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ laser

Author

Brunner, Frank ; Aus der Au, J.A. ; Spuhkr, G.J. ; Krainer, L. ; Paschotta, R. ; Morier-Genoud, Francois ; Keller, Ulrich ; Lichtenstein, N. ; Weiss, Steven ; Harder, Christian ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Abdolvand, A. ; Kuleshov, N.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present to our knowledge the first passively mode-locked Yb:KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ (Yb:KGW) laser. This diode-pumpable gain material is vary suitable for high-power femtosecond lasers because it combines a broad amplification bandwidth (similar to Yb-doped glasses) with relatively large emission cross sections and good thermal properties. Using a setup based on two high-brightness diode lasers at 980 nm and conductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) as a mode locker, we obtain as much as 1.1 W average power transform-limited soliton pulses with 176 fs duration at a center wavelength of 1037 nm.

Keywords

laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical solitons; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1.1 W; 1037 nm; 176 fs; KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/:Yb; Yb:KGW crystal; amplification bandwidth; diode pumped laser; emission cross-section; high-power femtosecond pulse generation; optical soliton; passive mode locking; saturable absorber mirror; thermal properties; Bandwidth; Conducting materials; Diode lasers; Glass; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909660

Filename

909660