Diode-Pumped Cr:forsterite Laser Mode Locked by a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber
Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 30, pp. 7080-7084 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.007080
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Abstract
We report the passive mode locking of a diode-pumped Cr:forsterite laser using a semiconductor saturable absorber. The laser generates 10-pJ pulses as short as 1.5 ps in duration with ~650 mW of absorbed pump power. We measured the transient reflectance of the saturable absorber mirror under different incident energy fluences by using a standard pump–probe method. The performance of this laser is also compared with a high-power fiber-laser-pumped femtosecond forsterite laser mode locked with the same absorber.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
Citation
Xiang Liu, Liejia Qian, Frank Wise, Zhigang Zhang, Taro Itatani, Takeyoshi Sugaya, Tadashi Nakagawa, and Kenji Torizuka, "Diode-Pumped Cr:forsterite Laser Mode Locked by a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber," Appl. Opt. 37, 7080-7084 (1998)
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