47 fs in diode-pumped Yb:CaGdAlO<sub>4</sub>

Bruno Viana; Johan Petit; Philippe Goldner; Yoann Zaouter; Julien Didierjean; Frédéric Druon; François Balembois; Patrick Georges

doi:10.1117/12.662055

17 April 2006 47 fs in diode-pumped Yb:CaGdAlO₄

Bruno Viana, Johan Petit, Philippe Goldner, Yoann Zaouter, Julien Didierjean, Frédéric Druon, François Balembois, Patrick Georges

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Proceedings Volume 6190, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers II; 619001 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.662055
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2006, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

The first experimental demonstration of a diode-pumped passively mode-locked femtosecond laser based on an Yb³⁺:CaGdAlO₄ single crystal is reported here. Yb³⁺:CaGdAlO₄ (Yb:CALGO) seems to be one of the most interesting since it both exhibits one of the broadest and smoothest emission spectrum (from 990 to 1080 nm) among ytterbium-doped materials and a relatively high thermal conductivity. The oscillator is directly diode-pumped by a high brightness 5-W fiber coupled laser diode and pulses are produced using a SESAM. It allows the production of pulses as short as 47 fs at 1050 nm, that is to our knowledge, the shortest laser pulses ever obtained from an oscillator based on Yb³⁺-doped bulk materials. The average power was 38 mW and the repetition rate 109 MHz.

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Bruno Viana, Johan Petit, Philippe Goldner, Yoann Zaouter, Julien Didierjean, Frédéric Druon, François Balembois, and Patrick Georges "47 fs in diode-pumped Yb:CaGdAlO₄", Proc. SPIE 6190, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers II, 619001 (17 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.662055

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