Published 2013 | Version v1
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High-brightness fiber laser-pumped 68 fs-2.3 W Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillator

Creators

  • 1. Universite Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA-UMR 5107, DAM, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, 351 Cours de la Liberation, F-33405 Talence, (France)
  • 2. Azur light System, Cite de la Photonique-Meropa, 33600 Pessac, (France)
  • 3. Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les Materiaux et la Photonique (CIMAP), UMR 6252 CEA CNRS-ENSICaen, Universite de Caen, 14050 Caen, (France)
  • 4. Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Universite Paris Sud, 2 Av. A. Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau, (France)

Description

By using a high-brightness fiber pump laser, we demonstrate a pure Kerr-lens mode-locked (ML) Yb:CaF2 oscillator. The laser delivers 68 fs pulses with 2.3 W average power at 73 MHz repetition rate and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 33% is achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of Kerr-lens mode-locking in Yb:CaF2. Incidentally, we report here the highest average power ever achieved for a sub-100-fs active Kerr-lens ML Yb-bulk oscillator. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.004008

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1364/OL.38.004008;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Optics Express
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
no.20
Journal Page Range
p. 4008-4010
ISSN
1094-4087

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
47057632
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
BRIGHTNESS; CALCIUM FLUORIDES; EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATORS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM HALIDES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PUMPING

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