Performance of the Yb:Lu2O3laser crystal in diode-pumped femtosecond oscillators and high-power regenerative amplifiers
| Autor: | M. Kemnitzer, Florian Kienle, J. Aus der Au, E. Caracciolo, A. Guandalini, Antoniangelo Agnesi, Federico Pirzio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Active laser medium
Materials science Laser diode business.industry Amplifier Pulse duration 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Laser 01 natural sciences law.invention 010309 optics Optics Mode-locking law 0103 physical sciences 0210 nano-technology business Ultrashort pulse Diode |
| Zdroj: | SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2210835 |
| Popis: | We investigated the performance of the laser gain medium Yb:Lu2O3 in a low-power oscillator and a high-power regenerative amplifier. Almost Fourier transform limited 78-fs pulses were demonstrated in the low-power, SESAM mode-locked oscillator pumped with a single-mode fiber-coupled laser diode. Exploiting the excellent thermomechanical properties of Yb:Lu2O3, we were able to achieve up to 22.2 W of average output power at a repetition rate of 500 kHz and 670-fs long pulses with the regenerative bulk amplifier. Experiments on further power up-scaling and pulse duration shortening are in progress. Up to 65 W were already proved in preliminary tests in cw regime. |
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