Kerr-lens mode-locked, diode-pumped Yb,Gd:YAP laser generating 23 fs pulses
We report on the generation of sub-30 fs pulses from a diode-pumped Yb,Gd:YAP laser. Using soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locking, soliton pulses as short as 23 fs were achieved at 1082.3 nm, with an average output power of 45 mW at a repetition rate of 67.25 MHz. The mode-locked laser also produced a maximum average output power of 101 mW at 1056.5 nm with a slightly longer pulse duration of 34 fs, corresponding to a peak power of 38.9 kW. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of Kerr-lens mode-locked operation in a diode-pumped Yb,Gd:YAP laser, with the shortest pulses ever reported from any Yb<sup>3+</sup>-doped perovskite-type crystal.
Authors
- Hsing-Chih Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-0629)
- Valentin Petrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7247-6145)
- Pavel Loiko
- Peixiong Zhang
- Ge Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4878-9437)
- Weidong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9802-2165)
- Haiyu Nie
- Huang-Jun Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6279-3727)
- 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)
Institutions
- Fujian Normal University (CN)
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
- 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)
- Advanced Laser Technology (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
- Université de Caen Normandie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optics Express
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.550810
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.19
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- National Natural Science Foundation of China