Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked ytterbium-doped compositional mixed calcium aluminate laser
A diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked laser generating 25 fs pulses at 1080 nm is demonstrated with an Yb<sup>3+</sup>-doped compositional mixed calcium aluminate crystal. The Yb:Ca(Gd,Y)AlO<sub>4</sub> laser, which operates at a repetition rate of 65.6 MHz via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locking, is pumped by a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled diode laser. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Kerr-lens mode-locked laser that utilizes an Yb<sup>3+</sup>-doped compositional mixed calcium aluminate crystal as the gain medium.
Authors
- Wenjie Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8589-4081)
- Hsing-Chih Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-0629)
- Simone Normani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-8813)
- Valentin Petrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7247-6145)
- Pavel Loiko
- Peixiong Zhang
- Ge Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1344-6111)
- Weidong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9802-2165)
- Zhiqiang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6901-4281)
- Haiyu Nie
- Xavier Mateos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-1990)
- Zhenqiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4464-0267)
- Zhang-Lang Lin
- Zhen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5897-1529)
- Huang-Jun Zeng
Institutions
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
- Jinan University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CN)
- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (DE)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
- Université de Caen Normandie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optics Express
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.541656
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.63
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- National Natural Science Foundation of China