• DocumentCode
    689442
  • Title

    1.2-GHz repetition rate, diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:KYW laser mode-locked by a CNT saturable absorber

  • Author

    Hee-Won Yang ; Chur Kim ; Sun Young Choi ; Guang-Hoon Kim ; Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Jungwon Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a 1.2-GHz repetition rate, diode-pumped carbon nanotube (CNT)-mode-locked Yb:KYW laser with 168 fs pulse duration. To our knowledge, this corresponds to the highest repetition rate from CNT-mode-locked femtosecond bulk solid-state lasers.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; potassium compounds; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; C; CNT saturable absorber; KY(WO4)2:Yb; carbon nanotube; diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:KYW laser; femtosecond bulk solid-state lasers; mode-locked laser; pulse duration; repetition rate; time 168 fs; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical variables measurement; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833826
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689442