Diode-pumped femtosecond solid-state waveguide laser with a 4.9 GHz pulse repetition rate

A. Choudhary; Alexander Alexandrovich Lagatsky; P. Kannan; Wilson Sibbett; C Tom A Brown; D. P. Shepherd

doi:10.1364/OL.37.004416

Diode-pumped femtosecond solid-state waveguide laser with a 4.9 GHz pulse repetition rate

A. Choudhary, Alexander Alexandrovich Lagatsky, P. Kannan, Wilson Sibbett, C Tom A Brown, D. P. Shepherd

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Abstract

We report on the first demonstration of a passively mode-locked, diode-pumped, monolithic Yb:glass channel waveguide laser that incorporates a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Stable and self-starting mode-locking is achieved in a Fabry-Perot cavity configuration producing a pulse repetition rate up to 4.9 GHz. The shortest pulse duration of 740 fs is generated with 30 mW of average output power at a center wavelength of 1058 nm. A maximum output power of 81 mW is produced during mode-locking with corresponding pulse duration of 800 fs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4416-4418
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	37
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.004416
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2012

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KW peak power
Carbon nanotubes
Fibre lasers

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Ultrafast Multi-GHz Waveguide Lasers: Ultrafast Multi GHz Waveguide Lasers
Brown, C. T. A. (PI), Lagatsky, A. A. (CoI) & Sibbett, W. (CoI)
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Diode-pumped femtosecond solid-state waveguide laser with a 4.9 GHz pulse repetition rate

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