Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15 (12): 121403, Published Online: Jul. 18, 2018
Generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Yb:Y3ScAl4O12 ceramic laser
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb : Y 3 Sc Al 4 O 12 (Yb:YSAG) ceramic laser. Stable mode-locked pulses as short as 96 fs at the central wavelength of 1052 nm with a repetition rate of ~ 102 MHz are obtained. The laser has a maximum average output power of 51 mW. To the best of our knowledge, these are so far the shortest pulses and the first demonstration of sub-100-fs pulses obtained from the mode-locked Yb:YSAG ceramic lasers.
Jie Ma, Jun Wang, Deyuan Shen, Akio Ikesue, Dingyuan Tang. Generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Yb:Y3ScAl4O12 ceramic laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(12): 121403.