Kerr-lens mode-locked Tm-doped sesquioxide ceramic laser
Author(s) -
Yongguang Zhao,
Li Wang,
Weidong Chen,
Pavel Loiko,
Yicheng Wang,
Zhongben Pan,
Hanlin Yang,
Wei Jing,
Hui Huang,
Jiachen Liu,
Xavier Mateos,
Zhengping Wang,
Xinguang Xu,
Uwe Griebner,
Valentin Petrov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.431067
Subject(s) - algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science
Kerr-lens mode-locked solid-state laser operation at ∼2µ m is investigated. Using a T m 3+ -doped ( L u , S c ) 2 O 3 "mixed" sesquioxide ceramic as a gain medium, pulses as short as 58 fs are generated at ∼2081 n m via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode locking. The average output power amounts to 220 mW at a pulse repetition rate of 84.8 MHz. The emitted spectrum at the long-wavelength wing extends to >2.2µ m which is attributed to vibronic transitions of the T m 3+ ions. The latter is found to be essential for generating pulses with durations in the 50 fs range.
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