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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Semiconductor Lasers
    • Ultrafast Lasers

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    • Mode-locked semiconductor lasers are crucial for applications requiring ultrashort pulses.
    • Developing compact, high-peak-power ultrafast laser sources remains a significant challenge.
    • Optically pumped semiconductor lasers offer a versatile platform for generating ultrashort pulses.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a high-peak-power, sub-500 femtosecond (fs) mode-locked optically pumped semiconductor laser.
    • To investigate the laser's operational modes, including fundamental and harmonic mode locking (HML).
    • To characterize the pulse width and peak power performance across different HML orders.

    Main Methods:

    • A simplified laser cavity design utilizing only three components: a semiconductor gain chip, a semiconductor saturable absorber, and a focusing lens.
    • Optical pumping with a pump power threshold identified for stable fundamental mode locking.
    • Systematic variation of pump power to induce and study stable harmonic mode locking (HML) from 2nd to 8th order.

    Main Results:

    • Stable fundamental mode locking achieved near a pump power of 3.9 W.
    • Naturally transitioned to stable harmonic mode locking (HML) with orders from 2nd to 8th as pump power increased from 4.0 W to 5.0 W.
    • For HML orders below 8th, peak power was ~0.36 kW and pulse width ~550 fs.
    • At 8th-order HML (pump power > 5.0 W), minimum pulse width reached 480 fs and maximum peak power reached 0.95 kW, attributed to high-order transverse modes.

    Conclusions:

    • An innovative and compact three-component optically pumped semiconductor laser capable of producing high-peak-power, sub-500 fs pulses has been successfully developed.
    • The laser exhibits stable fundamental and tunable harmonic mode locking (HML) by adjusting pump power.
    • The 8th-order HML operation demonstrates significant potential for applications requiring intense ultrashort optical pulses.