Published April 1, 2020 | Version v1
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Passively mode-locked diode-pumped Tm,Ho:LiYF4 laser

Creators

  • 1. CORIA UMR 6614, CNRS-INSA-Université de Rouen, Normandie Université, Avenue de l'université, BP. 12, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray (France)
  • 2. Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP), UMR 6252 CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN, Normandie Université, 6 Blvd Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen (France)

Description

We report on the first demonstration of a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Tm,Ho:LiYF4 laser. Stable continuous-wave mode-locking is achieved by employing a single-layer graphene as a saturable absorber (SA). For a reflection-type graphene-SA, the laser delivers 5.2 ps pulses at ~2051 nm with an average output power of 40 mW at a repetition rate of 89.86 MHz. With a transmission-type graphene-SA and smaller output coupling, the output power is scaled up to 80 mW while the laser operated in a double-pulse regime. (letter)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1612-202X/ab6b25

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1612-202X/ab6b25;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser Physics Letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53028370
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING; GRAPHENE; LASERS; LAYERS; MHZ RANGE; MODE LOCKING; PULSES; REFLECTION; TRANSMISSION
Descriptors DEC
CARBON; ELEMENTS; FREQUENCY RANGE; NONMETALS