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Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked ytterbium-doped compositional mixed calcium aluminate laser

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked laser generating 25 fs pulses at 1080 nm is demonstrated with an Yb3+-doped compositional mixed calcium aluminate crystal. The Yb:Ca(Gd,Y)AlO4 laser, which operates at a repetition rate of 65.6 MHz via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locking, is pumped by a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled diode laser. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Kerr-lens mode-locked laser that utilizes an Yb3+-doped compositional mixed calcium aluminate crystal as the gain medium.

Source: Optics Express

DOI: 10.1364/oe.541656

Authors: Zhi-Qiang Li, Zhang-Lang Lin, Huang-Jun Zeng, Hai-Yu Nie, Ge Zhang, Peixiong Zhang, Wenjie Wu, Zhenqiang Chen, Zhen Li, Pavel Loiko, Simone Normani, Xavier Mateos, Hsing-Chih Liang, Valentin Petrov, Weidong Chen

Institutions: Jinan University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Université de Caen Normandie, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

Language: English

Topic: Solid State Laser Technologies

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,270

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Awards: G1728464719, G4468242590, G649618261

OpenAlex ID: W4403066992

FWCI: 0.308

Cites: 25

Cited by: 3

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