SESAM mode-locked Tm:Y2O3 ceramic laser

We demonstrate a widely tunable and passively mode-locked Tm:Y2O3 ceramic laser in-band pumped by a 1627-nm Raman fiber laser. A tuning range of 318 nm, from 1833 to 2151 nm, is obtained in the continuous-wave regime. The SESAM mode-locked laser produces Fourier-transform-limited pulses as short as 75 fs at ∼ 2.06 µm with an average output power of 0.26 W at 86.3 MHz. For longer pulse durations of 178 fs, an average power of 0.59 W is achieved with a laser efficiency of 29%. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first mode-locked Tm:Y2O3 laser in the femtosecond regime. The spectroscopic properties and laser performance confirm that Tm:Y2O3 transparent ceramics are a promising gain material for ultrafast lasers at 2 µm.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Optics express - 30(2022), 16 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 29531-29538

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Englisch

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Zhang, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shande [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhanxin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Deyuan [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Dingyuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Weidong [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yongguang [VerfasserIn]
Griebner, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
Petrov, Valentin [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 27.10.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1364/OE.468071

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NLM348135319