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Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:MgWO 4 laser

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We present the first Kerr-lens mode-locked solid-state laser based on ytterbium-doped monoclinic magnesium monotungstate as an active medium. The diode-pumped Yb:MgWO 4 laser delivers soliton pulses as short as 32 fs at 1079 nm with a pulse repetition rate of ∼68 MHz via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locking. To the best of our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses ever achieved from any ytterbium-doped tungstate crystals.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.550819

Authors: Hai-Yu Nie, Zhang-Lang Lin, Pavel Loiko, Huang-Jun Zeng, Lizhen Zhang, Zhoubin Lin, Ghassen Zin Elabedine, Xavier Mateos, Valentin Petrov, Ge Zhang, Weidong Chen

Institutions: Fujian Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Université de Caen Normandie, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 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: hybrid

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Science and Technology Projects of Fujian Province, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Generalitat de Catalunya, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Departament d'Empresa i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya

Awards: G2215781099, G2431435069, G4882808422, G6160056506, G7088110129

OpenAlex ID: W4406304955

FWCI: 1.352

Cites: 12

Cited by: 6

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