Abstract
We have demonstrated a diode-pumped passively mode-locked femtosecond Nd, disordered crystal laser for the first time to our knowledge. By choosing appropriate Y-doping concentration, a broad fluorescence linewidth of 31 nm has been obtained from the gain linewidth-variable Nd, crystal. With the Nd, disordered crystal as gain medium, the mode-locked laser generated pulses with pulse duration as short as 103 fs, average output power of 89 mW, and repetition rate of 100 MHz. To our best knowledge, this is the shortest pulse generated from Nd-doped crystal lasers so far. The research results show that the Nd, disordered crystal will be a potential alternative as gain medium of repetitive chirped pulse amplification for high-peak-power lasers.
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