Generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Yb:Y3ScAl4O12 ceramic laser
Jie Ma1;2, Jun Wang2, Deyuan Shen1, Akio Ikesue3, and Dingyuan Tang2
1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physic and Electronic Engineering, [Jiangsu Normal University], Xuzhou 221 1 1 6, China
2 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, [Nanyang Technological University], Singapore 639798, Singapore
3 [World Lab Co. Ltd], Nagoya 4560023 , Japan

Chin. Opt. Lett., 2017, 15(12): pp.121403

DOI:10.3788/COL201715.121403
Topic:Lasers and laser optics
Keywords(OCIS Code): 140.4050  140.7090  140.3380  140.3580  

Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb:Y3ScAl4O12 (Yb:YSAG) ceramic laser. Stable mode-locked pulses as short as 96 fs at the central wavelength of 1052 nm with a repetition rate of ～102 MHz are obtained. The laser has a maximum average output power of 51 mW. To the best of our knowledge, these are so far the shortest pulses and the first demonstration of sub-100-fs pulses obtained from the mode-locked Yb:YSAG ceramic lasers.

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Received:2017/9/16
Accepted:2017/10/27
Posted online:2017/11/20

Get Citation: Jie Ma, Jun Wang, Deyuan Shen, Akio Ikesue, and Dingyuan Tang, "Generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Yb:Y3ScAl4O12 ceramic laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 15(12), 121403(2017)

Note: This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61575089), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the fund of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore (Grant No. 2016-T1-001-026).



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