Abstract
We report what is believed to be the first diode-pumped laser. We investigate both the cw and the mode-locked regimes. In the cw regime an average output power of 1.05 W is demonstrated for 3.6 W of incident pump power. In the femtosecond regime a pulse duration of 94 fs for an average power of 110 mW is obtained at a central wavelength of 1068 nm. This is, to our knowledge, the first femtosecond mode-locked oscillator made with an Yb-doped apatitelike crystal. These properties are related to the unique spectroscopic properties of ions in this atypical apatite-family crystal.
© 2002 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
F. Druon, S. Chénais, F. Balembois, P. Georges, R. Gaumé, and B. Viana
Opt. Lett. 30(8) 857-859 (2005)
Pierre Raybaut, Frederic Druon, Francois Balembois, Patrick Georges, Romain Gaumé, Bruno Viana, and Daniel Vivien
Opt. Lett. 28(22) 2195-2197 (2003)
F. Druon, S. Chénais, P. Raybaut, F. Balembois, P. Georges, R. Gaumé, G. Aka, B. Viana, S. Mohr, and D. Kopf
Opt. Lett. 27(3) 197-199 (2002)