First SESAM-modelocked Yb:KGW femtosecond oscillator operating at 1 GHz repetition rate
S. Pekarek1, C. Fiebig2, M.C. Stumpf1, A.E.H. Oehler1, K. Paschke2, G. Erbert2, T. Südmeyer1, and U. Keller1
Published in:
Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/QELS), San Jose, CA, May 16-21, paper CThI1 (2010).
Abstract:
We present the first femtosecond SESAM-modelocked Yb:KGW laser operating at 1 GHz repetition rate. We generated 120 mW output power in 317-fs pulses at 1.7-W pump power from a high-brightness single-frequency DBR tapered diode laser.
1 Department of Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
2 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
OCIS Codes:
(320.7090) Ultrafast lasers, (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers
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