Efficient femtosecond green-light source with a diode-pumped mode-locked Yb3+ : KY(WO4)2 laser

A A Lagatsky, E U Rafailov, A R Sarmani, C T A Brown, W Sibbett, L Ming, P G R Smith

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Abstract

Efficient generation of femtosecond pulses at 524 nm is demonstrated by the extracavity frequency doubling of the output of a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb3+: K-Y(WO4)(2) laser using a periodically poled LiTaO3 crystal. An average second-harmonic power of 120 mW is produced at an internal conversion efficiency of 40%. The temporal characteristics of the frequency-doubled pulses as a function of focusing conditions in a thick nonlinear crystal are investigated experimentally, and pulses as short as 225 fs are generated at a pulse repetition frequency of 86 MHz. © 2005 Optical Society of America.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1144-1146
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume30
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2005

Keywords

  • YB-KYW LASER
  • 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION
  • LITHIUM TANTALATE
  • HIGHLY EFFICIENT
  • CRYSTAL
  • LITAO3

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