Kerr-Lens Mode-Locked Yb:BaF2 Laser-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Kerr-Lens Mode-Locked Yb:BaF2 Laser

Published:2024-03-30 Issue:4 Volume:11 Page:322
ISSN:2304-6732
Container-title:Photonics
language:en
Short-container-title:Photonics

Author:

Li Zhi-Qiang¹²,Lin Zhang-Lang²,Loiko Pavel³^ORCID,Zeng Huang-Jun²,Zhang Ge²,Nie Hai-Yu²,Normani Simone³^ORCID,Benayad Abdelmjid³,Camy Patrice³,Mateos Xavier⁴^ORCID,Petrov Valentin⁵^ORCID,Chen Weidong¹²⁵

Affiliation:

1. College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China

2. Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China

3. Centre de Recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP), UMR 6252 CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN, Université de Caen Normandie, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, CEDEX 4, 14050 Caen, France

4. Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Física i Cristal·lografia de Materials (FiCMA), 43007 Tarragona, Spain

5. Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany

Abstract

We present sub-50 fs soliton pulse generation from a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked laser based on an Yb3+-doped BaF2 crystal. Utilizing a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled InGaAs laser diode at 976 nm as a pump source, the Yb:BaF2 laser generates pulses as short as 46 fs at 1060.1 nm with an average output power of 45 mW at a pulse repetition rate of ~65.6 MHz via soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode locking. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first demonstration of Kerr-lens mode-locked operation of the Yb:BaF2 crystal, as well as the shortest pulse duration ever achieved from any diode-pumped mode-locked laser based on an Yb3+-doped alkaline-earth fluoride crystal.

Funder

Key Project of Science and Technology of Fujian Province

Sino-German Scientist Cooperation and Exchanges Mobility Program

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/4/322/pdf

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