• DocumentCode
    3668114
  • Title

    Quantum-dot saturable absorber and Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:KGW laser with >300 kW of peak power

  • Author

    R. Akbari;H. Zhao;A. Major;K. A. Fedorova;E. U. Rafailov

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Dual action of quantum-dot saturable absorber and Kerr lens mode locking of a diode-pumped Yb:KGW laser was demonstrated. The laser delivered 105 fs pulses with 2.5 W of average power and >300 kW of peak power.
  • Keywords
    "Laser mode locking","Lenses","Quantum dots","Mirrors","Crystals","Power generation","Dispersion"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics North, 2015
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PN.2015.7292498
  • Filename
    7292498