Diode-Pumped Soliton and Non-Soliton Mode-Locked Yb:GYSO Lasers
HE Jin-Ping1, LIANG Xiao-Yan1**, LI Jin-Feng1, ZHENG Li-He2, SU Liang-Bi2, XU Jun2
1State State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO BOX 800-211, Shanghai 201800 2Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050
Diode-Pumped Soliton and Non-Soliton Mode-Locked Yb:GYSO Lasers
HE Jin-Ping1, LIANG Xiao-Yan1**, LI Jin-Feng1, ZHENG Li-He2, SU Liang-Bi2, XU Jun2
1State State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO BOX 800-211, Shanghai 201800 2Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050
摘要Diode-pumped soliton and non-soliton mode-locked Yb:(Gd1−xYx)2SiO5 (x = 0.5) lasers are demonstrated. Pulses as short as 1.4 ps are generated for the soliton mode−locked operation, with a pair of SF10 prisms as the negative dispersion elements. The central wavelength is 1056 nm and the repetition rate is 48 MHz. For the non-soliton mode locking, the output power could achieve ∼1.2 W, and the pulse width is about 20 ps. The critical pulse energy in the soliton-mode locked operation against the Q-switched mode locking is much lower than the critical pulse energy in the non-soliton mode-locked operation.
Abstract：Diode-pumped soliton and non-soliton mode-locked Yb:(Gd1−xYx)2SiO5 (x = 0.5) lasers are demonstrated. Pulses as short as 1.4 ps are generated for the soliton mode−locked operation, with a pair of SF10 prisms as the negative dispersion elements. The central wavelength is 1056 nm and the repetition rate is 48 MHz. For the non-soliton mode locking, the output power could achieve ∼1.2 W, and the pulse width is about 20 ps. The critical pulse energy in the soliton-mode locked operation against the Q-switched mode locking is much lower than the critical pulse energy in the non-soliton mode-locked operation.
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