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  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 11, Iss. 22 — Nov. 3, 2003
  • pp: 2911–2916

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Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic laser

A. Shirakawa, K. Takaichi, H. Yagi, J. Bisson, J. Lu, M. Musha, K. Ueda, T. Yanagitani, T. Petrov, and A. Kaminskii  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 11, Issue 22, pp. 2911-2916 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.11.002911


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Abstract

A diode-pumped femtosecond ytterbium laser with a host material of Y2O3 ceramics is reported. Passive mode locking by a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror generates 98-MHz, 615-fs pulses at a center wavelength of 1076.5 nm. The average power is 420 mW and the pulse energy is 4.3 nJ with a 2.6-W absorbed pump power. To our knowledge, this is the first continuous-wave mode-locked ceramic laser.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers
(160.3380) Materials : Laser materials

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History
Original Manuscript: September 23, 2003
Revised Manuscript: October 22, 2003
Published: November 3, 2003

Citation
A. Shirakawa, K. Takaichi, H. Yagi, J. Bisson, J. Lu, M. Musha, K. Ueda, T. Yanagitani, T. Petrov, and A. Kaminskii, "Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic laser," Opt. Express 11, 2911-2916 (2003)
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