Sub-40-fs diode-pumped ytterbium-doped mixed rare-earth calcium oxoborate laser

We present a detailed comparative investigation of the continuous-wave and mode-locked laser performance of a mixed rare-earth calcium oxoborate crystal, Yb:(Gd,Y)Ca<sub>4</sub>O(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, abbreviated as Yb:(Gd,Y)COB, for all three principal optical polarizations. Pumped by a low-power, single-transverse-mode, fiber-coupled laser diode at 976 nm, the Yb:(Gd,Y)COB laser generated soliton pulses as short as 32 fs at 1052.4 nm via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locking, delivering an average output power of 51 mW at ∼66.2 MHz for light polarization <b><i>E</i></b> || <b><i>Z</i></b>. For light polarization <b><i>E</i></b> || <b><i>Y</i></b>, slightly longer (34 fs) pulses were directly generated at 1053.7 nm, with a higher average output power of 86 mW at ∼66.7 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, these results represent the shortest pulses ever achieved from any Yb<sup>3+</sup>-doped borate crystal.

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Optics Express
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2025-04-08
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https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.558581
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Solid State Laser Technologies
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Sub-40-fs diode-pumped ytterbium-doped mixed rare-earth calcium oxoborate laser

Zhoubin Lin, Hsing-Chih Liang, Ge Zhang, Valentin Petrov et al.
Optics Express
Solid State Laser Technologies
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Sub-40-fs diode-pumped ytterbium-doped mixed rare-earth calcium oxoborate laser

Zhoubin Lin, Hsing-Chih Liang, Ge Zhang, Valentin Petrov, Pavel Loiko, Lizhen Zhang, Weidong Chen, Haifeng Lin, Huang-Jun Zeng, Xavier Mateos, Zhang-Lang Lin
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We present a detailed comparative investigation of the continuous-wave and mode-locked laser performance of a mixed rare-earth calcium oxoborate crystal, Yb:(Gd,Y)Ca<sub>4</sub>O(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, abbreviated as Yb:(Gd,Y)COB, for all three principal optical polarizations. Pumped by a low-power, single-transverse-mode, fiber-coupled laser diode at 976 nm, the Yb:(Gd,Y)COB laser generated soliton pulses as short as 32 fs at 1052.4 nm via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locking, delivering an average output power of 51 mW at ∼66.2 MHz for light polarization <b><i>E</i></b> || <b><i>Z</i></b>. For light polarization <b><i>E</i></b> || <b><i>Y</i></b>, slightly longer (34 fs) pulses were directly generated at 1053.7 nm, with a higher average output power of 86 mW at ∼66.7 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, these results represent the shortest pulses ever achieved from any Yb<sup>3+</sup>-doped borate crystal.

Optics ExpressVol. 33(8)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CN), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES), Umeå University (SE), Université de Caen Normandie (FR)
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