Diode-pumped mode-locked Nd:glass lasers with an antiresonant Fabry--Perot saturable absorber

Journal Article · Mon May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001169· OSTI ID:165276

Kopf, D; Kaertner, F X; Keller, U ^[1]; Weingarten, K J ^[2]

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1. Ultrafast Laser Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hoenggerberg-HPT, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)
2. Time-Bandwidth Products AG, ETH Hoenggerberg-HPT, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)

We demonstrate passively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:glass lasers with different media such as silicate, phosphate, and fluorophosphate that are homogeneously or inhomogeneously broadened. An antiresonant Fabry--Perot saturable absorber starts and stabilizes the soliton mode-locked Nd:glass lasers, producing pulses as short as 130 fs at an average output power of 100 mW. With a cw Ti:sapphire pump laser we obtain pulses as short as 90 fs.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 165276
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 20; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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