Title :
SESAM mode-locked diode-pumped femtosecond Cr:YAG laser
Author :
Naumov, S. ; Sorokin, E. ; Sorokina, I.T.
Author_Institution :
Institutfiir Photonik, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
In this paper we report the development of the compact directly diode-pumped as well as Yb-fiber pumped broadband femtosecond Cr4+:YAG laser, operating around 1.5 μm. The laser is mode-locked using the novel hybrid InGaAs-InP based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) combined with the broadband dielectric mirror and generating down to sub-50 fs transform-limited pulses. The advantage of SESAM mode-locking over the pure Kerr-lens modelocking is the absence of a CW component. The SESAM and the prisms impose relatively high insertion losses.
Keywords :
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; lenses; mirrors; optical losses; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 1500 nm; 50 fs; CW component; Kerr-lens modelocking; SESAM; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; broadband dielectric mirror; diode-pumped femtosecond Cr:YAG laser; insertion loss; laser mode-locking; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; transform-limited pulse; Chromium; Dielectrics; Hybrid power systems; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312073
