Polarized spectroscopy and SESAM mode-locking of Tm,Ho:CALGO
Author(s) -
Yicheng Wang,
Pavel Loiko,
Yongguang Zhao,
Zhongben Pan,
Weidong Chen,
Mark Mero,
Xiaodong Xu,
Jun Xu,
Xavier Mateos,
Arkady Major,
Mircea Guină,
Valentin Petrov,
Uwe Griebner
Publication year - 2022
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.449626
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , laser , slope efficiency , spectroscopy , wavelength , ion , dopant , doping , mode locking , fiber laser , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics
A Tm,Ho:CALGO laser passively mode-locked by a GaSb-based SESAM generated pulses as short as 52 fs at a central wavelength of 2015 nm with a broad spectral bandwidth of 82 nm (full width at half maximum) owing to the combined gain profiles of both dopants for σ-polarized light. The average output power reached 376 mW at a repetition rate of 85.65 MHz. In the continuous-wave regime, the laser was power scaled up to 1.01 W at 2080.6 nm with a slope efficiency of 32.0%, a laser threshold of 155 mW and π-polarized emission. Polarized spectroscopic properties of Ho 3+ ions in singly doped and codoped CALGO crystals were revisited to explain the observed laser performance.
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