Open AccessKerr-lens mode-locked Yb:KYW laser at 46-GHz repetition rate
Author(s) -
Mamoru Endo,
A. Ozawa,
Yohei Kobayashi
Publication year - 2012
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.20.012191
Subject(s) - optics , femtosecond , materials science , laser , lens (geology) , mode locking , kerr effect , diode , repetition (rhetorical device) , optoelectronics , physics , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system
We developed a laser-diode pumped, 4.6-GHz repetition-rate, Yb:KYW Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond oscillator. A bow-tie ring cavity generates an output power of 14.6 mW with a spectrum width of 11 nm at 1046 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest-repetition frequency in the laser-diode pumped femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked laser.