Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb:YLF laser
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N Coluccelli1, G Galzerano, L Bonelli
1Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR and Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy. nicola.coluccelli@polimi.it
Optics Express
|June 11, 2008
Abstract:
We demonstrate passive mode-locking by means of a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror in a diode-pumped Yb:YLF laser. We present crystal growth process, spectroscopic measurements, and investigation of mode-locking performance. Pulse trains with minimum duration of 196 fs, average power of 54 mW and a repetition rate of 55 MHz were obtained. The optical spectrum, centered at 1028 nm, has a 7.1-nm bandwidth leading to nearly transform-limited pulses.

