High-average-power diode-pumped femtosecond Cr:LiSAF lasers

Author

Kopf, D. ; Zhang, G. ; Moser, M. ; Emanuel, M.A. ; Beach, R.J. ; Skidmore, J.A. ; Keller, U.

Author_Institution

Ultrafast Laser Phys. Lab., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

455

Abstract

We demonstrate a diode-pumped Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser with a cw output power of 1.4 W, and a total mode locked output power of 500 mW at a pulse width of 110 fs. This is about 4 to 5 times more power than could be typically obtained from a standard diode-pumped Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser. We have applied optimized modematching of the pump beam to the lasing mode

Keywords

aluminium compounds; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; strontium compounds; 1.4 W; 110 fs; 500 mW; LiSrAlF₆:Cr; cw output power; diode-pumped Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser; high-average-power diode-pumped femtosecond Cr:LiSAF lasers; lasing mode; optimized modematching; pulse width; pump beam; total mode locked output power; Absorption; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor laser arrays; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645514

Filename

645514