73-fs SESAM mode-locked Tm,Ho:CNGG laser at 2061 nm
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Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Solid State Lasers XXIX |
| Subtitle of host publication | Technology and Devices |
| Editors | W. Andrew Clarkson, Ramesh K. Shori |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510632813 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Solid State Lasers XXIX: Technology and Devices 2020 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 4 Feb 2020 → 6 Feb 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Volume | 11259 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Conference
| Conference | Solid State Lasers XXIX: Technology and Devices 2020 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 4/02/20 → 6/02/20 |
Abstract
Tm,Ho co-doped disordered calcium niobium gallium garnet (CNGG) crystals are investigated as a novel gain medium for mode-locked lasers near 2 μm. With a GaSb-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) and chirped mirrors for dispersion compensation such a laser is mode-locked at a repetition rate of 89.3 MHz. For a 5% output coupler, a maximum average output power of 157 mW is obtained with a pulse duration of 170 fs (28-nm broad spectrum centered at 2.075 μm, leading to a time-bandwidth product of 0.331). With a 0.5% output coupler, 73-fs pulses are generated at 2.061 μm with a spectral width of 62 nm (time-bandwidth product of 0.320) and an average output power of 36 mW.
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Keywords
- Disordered garnets, Femtosecond pulses, Holmium lasers, Mode-locked lasers, Semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), Solid-state lasers, Thulium lasers