Ultrashort pulse Yb:LaSc3(BO3)4 mode-locked oscillator
S. Rivier1, A. Schmidt1, Ch. Kränkel2, R. Peters2, K. Petermann2, G. Huber2, M. Zorn3, M. Weyers3, A. Klehr3, G. Erbert3, V. Petrov1, U. Griebner1
Published in:
Opt. Express, vol. 15, no. 23, pp. 15539-15544 (2007).
Abstract:
Passive mode-locked laser operation based on an Yb-doped lanthanum scandium borate crystal is demonstrated. Pulse durations as short as 58 fs and 67 fs were achieved applying a Ti:sapphire- and a diode-laser pump source, respectively. The average output powers were 73 mW and 39 mW at a repetition rate of 90 MHz. The laser was broadly tunable from 1028 to 1057 nm in the sub-200 fs pulse regime.
1 Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Straße 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
2 Institut für Laser-Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
3 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Strasse 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
OCIS codes:
(140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; (160.5690) Rare earth doped materials
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