Open AccessDiode-pumped mode-locked Yb3+:Lu2O3ceramic laser
Author(s) -
Masaki Tokurakawa,
K. Takaichi,
Akira Shirakawa,
Ken–ichi Ueda,
Hideki Yagi,
S. Hosokawa,
T. Yanagitani,
А. А. Каминский
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.012832
Subject(s) - materials science , laser , optics , diode , ceramic , ytterbium , optoelectronics , mode locking , wavelength , semiconductor laser theory , diode pumped solid state laser , laser pumping , tunable laser , physics , composite material
We report a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb(3+):Lu(2)O(3) ceramic laser by use of a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Almost transform-limited 357 fs pulses at the center wavelength of 1033.5 nm with a maximum average power of 352 mW are obtained. The efficiency against the absorbed pump power is as high as 32% by use of a laser-diode pumping and the repetition rate is 97 MHz. This is the first demonstration of a diode-pumped mode-locked Yb(3+):Lu(2)O(3) ceramic laser to our knowledge.