Yb3+-doped YVO4 crystal for efficient Kerr-lens mode locking in solid-state lasers

A A  Lagatsky; A R  Sarmani; C T A  Brown; W  Sibbett; V E  Kisel; A G  Selivanov; I A  Denisov; A E  Troshin; K V  Yumashev; N V  Kuleshov; V N  Matrosov; T A  Matrosova; M I  Kupchenko

Yb3+-doped YVO4 crystal for efficient Kerr-lens mode locking in solid-state lasers

A A Lagatsky, A R Sarmani, C T A Brown, W Sibbett, V E Kisel, A G Selivanov, I A Denisov, A E Troshin, K V Yumashev, N V Kuleshov, V N Matrosov, T A Matrosova, M I Kupchenko

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Abstract

We report the first demonstration, to our knowledge, of soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode locking in a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb3+ :YVO4 laser. Near-transform-limited pulses as short as 61 fs are generated around a center wavelength of 1050 nm with an output power of 54 mW and a pulse repetition frequency of 104.5 MHz. This is, to our knowledge, the shortest pulse generated directly from an Yb laser having a crystalline host material. The femtosecond operation has a mode-locking threshold at an absorbed pump power of 190 mW. The nonlinear refractive indexes of the Yb3+:YVO4 crystal have been measured to be 19 X 10(-16) cm(2)/W and 15 x 10(-16) cm(2)/W for the (T and pi polarizations, respectively, at 1080 nm. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3234-3236
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	30
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2005

Keywords

Z-SCAN MEASUREMENTS
TI-SAPPHIRE LASER
PULSE GENERATION
HIGHLY-EFFICIENT
FEMTOSECOND
YB3+-YVO4
OPERATION

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Yb3+-doped YVO4 crystal for efficient Kerr-lens mode locking in solid-state lasers

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