Open AccessEvidence of dissipative solitons in Yb^3+:CaYAlO_4
Author(s) -
Wen Hui Tan,
Dingyuan Tang,
Changwen Xu,
J. Zhang,
X. D. Xu,
D. Z. Li,
Jun Xu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.018495
Subject(s) - dissipative system , optics , laser , dissipative soliton , femtosecond , fiber laser , dispersion (optics) , soliton , physics , materials science , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system
Operation of an end-pumped Yb³⁺:CaYAlO₄ laser operating in the positive dispersion regime is experimentally investigated. The laser emitted strongly chirped pulses with extremely steep spectral edges, resembling the characteristics of dissipative solitons observed in fiber lasers. The results show that dissipative soliton emission constitutes another operating regime for mode locked Yb³⁺-doped solid state lasers, which can be explored for the generation of stable large energy femtosecond pulses.