Abstrakti
Tunable and mode-locked laser operation near 2 μm based on different Tm-doped YAG ceramics, 4 at.% and 10 at.%, is demonstrated. Several designs of GaSb-based surface-quantum-well SESAMs are characterized and studied as saturable absorbers for mode-locking. Best mode-locking performance was achieved using an antireflection-coated near-surface quantum-well SESAM, resulting in a pulse duration of ∼3 ps and ∼150 mW average output power at 89 MHz. All mode-locked Tm:YAG ceramic lasers operated at 2012 nm, with over 133 nm demonstrated tuning for continuous-wave operation.
Alkuperäiskieli | Englanti |
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Sivut | 1361-1369 |
Sivumäärä | 9 |
Julkaisu | Optics Express |
Vuosikerta | 23 |
Numero | 2 |
DOI - pysyväislinkit | |
Tila | Julkaistu - 26 tammik. 2015 |
OKM-julkaisutyyppi | A2 Katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä |
Julkaisufoorumi-taso
- Jufo-taso 2
!!ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics