Published June 2011 | Version v1
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115 fs pulses from Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 laser with low loss nanostructured saturable absorber

Creators

  • 1. A.V. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 13, Academician Lavrentyev Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Scientific Research Institute for Optical Materials and Technologies of Belarus National Technical University, 65, bd. 17, Nezavisimosti Avenue, Minsk 220013 (Belarus)

Description

Mode-locking at repetition rate of 70 MHz with 115 fs spectral-limited pulses was obtained in Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 laser with low loss saturable absorber. Special design and manufacture of saturable absorber incorporating InGaAs quantum wells separated by nanostructured barriers and a wide band total reflector resulted in the semiconductor saturable absorption mirror (SESAM) with short recovery time and low non-saturable losses. This permitted to receive average output power of 1.57 W in mode-locking regime close to 1.62 W power in continuous-wave regime

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lapl.201110019

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1002/lapl.201110019;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 431-435
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46020114
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; ENERGY LOSSES; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; INDIUM ARSENIDES; MHZ RANGE; MIRRORS; MODE LOCKING; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM IONS; YTTRIUM TUNGSTATES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY RANGE; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; IONS; LASERS; LOSSES; MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; PULSES; RADIATIONS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTATES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS