Title :
Mid-IR Kerr-lens mode-locked polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnS laser with 29 fs pulse duration
Author :
Vasilyev, S. ; Mirov, M. ; Gapontsev, V.
Author_Institution :
IPG Photonics - Mid-Infrared Lasers, Birmingham, AL, USA
Abstract :
We report a Kerr-lens mode-locked polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnS laser with shortest reported to-date 29 fs pulse duration (about three optical cycles), 440 mW output power at 2415 nm central wavelength and 100 MHz pulse repetition rate.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; semiconductor lasers; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; ZnS:Cr2+; central wavelength; frequency 100 MHz; mid-IR Kerr-lens mode-locked polycrystalline laser; optical cycles; output power; power 440 mW; pulse duration; pulse repetition rate; time 29 fs; wavelength 2415 nm; II-VI semiconductor materials; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Power generation; Ultrafast optics; Zinc compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
