Generation of 65-fs ultrashort pulses at 1030-nm center wavelength directly from Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG laser

Matsubara, Shigeo; Hitotsuya, Hiroyuki; Takeuchi, Masaki; Inoue, M.; Yamaguchi, Tatsuya; Hirata, Kensuke; Ishida, Yasuhiro; Kawato, Sakae

doi:10.1364/cleo.2010.ctuv2

Cited by 4 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The SOD was introduced to the GTI mirror; therefore, the SOD in the cavity was twice that of the mirror. The above-mentioned parameters are appropriate for those in the experiment [6,9]. We assumed hyperbolic secant-shaped pulses with a pulse width of 120 fs as the initial condition.…”

Section: Simulation Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A pulse width of 65 fs and output spectrum width of 17 nm were obtained at the gain peak, which is almost half of the Fourier transform limit of the gain spectrum bandwidth at the peak [9]. Without Gires-Tournois interferometer (GTI) mirror compensation, output spectrum widths of approximately 30 nm were also obtained.…”

Section: Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…We used a Yb:YAG crystal as the laser gain material to demonstrate for the first time the generation of ultrashort pulses beyond the gain spectrum limit directly from the mode-locked laser by using a highly nonlinear intra-cavity medium [6][7][8][9]. Several Yb-doped laser gain media with wide gain bandwidths beyond 10 nm have been reported.…”

Section: Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The results agree qualitatively with the experimental results from previous reports. Figure 1 shows a schematic of the Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG laser with a highly nonlinear intra-cavity medium [6,9]. For the theoretical analysis of this laser, we used a nonlinear Schrodinger equation as follows:…”

Section: Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Theoretical Analysis of Dependence of Nonlinear Effects in Mode-Locked Yb:YAG Lasers with a Highly Nonlinear Intra-Cavity Medium

et al. 2015

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nonlinear ultrashort pulse propagation in a mode-locked Yb:YAG laser with a highly nonlinear intra-cavity medium is analyzed using a nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The output spectra are extended by the increased laser intensity, and spectral bandwidths wider than those of the gain medium are achieved. Moreover, pulse widths are shortened by increased laser intensity to considerably less than those of the gain medium. The simulation results qualitatively agree with the experimental results.

show abstract

Section: Simulation Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Theoretical Analysis of Dependence of Nonlinear Effects in Mode-Locked Yb:YAG Lasers with a Highly Nonlinear Intra-Cavity Medium

et al. 2015

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…At the Yb:YAG gain center of 1030 nm, 110 fs and 72 fs pulse-widths were obtained directly from the mode-locked Yb:YAG laser with SESAM and without SESAM, respectively [1][2][3]. These output spectra over 10 nm were much broader than the fluorescence of about 9 nm.…”

Section: Previous Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ultrashort-pulse nonlinear Raman Yb:YAG laser with Raman medium

Kondo

Watanabe

Igarashi

et al. 2011

2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Incorpo

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Spectroscopic and lasing properties of highly-doped Ytterbium-glasses

Sasaki

Furuta

Yonezawa

et al. 2011

2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim Incorpo

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Ytterbium (Yb) doped glass is expected as next generation high-performance solid laser material. However, the laser glasses have a problem that the ions-doping-concentration is much lower than crystals. In this study, we make highly-doped Ytterbium-ions glasses (YbF 3 -BaF 2 -AlF 3 -GeO 2 , YbBAG), and succeeded laser oscillations of 20 mol.% Ytterbium-ions glass. The highly-doped Ytterbium-ions glasses are much suitable for short-fiber or waveguide lasers. 1.IntroductionRecently, Ytterbium-ions doped gain materials [1] are known to be suitable for high-efficiency, high-power, continuous-wave or short-pulse lasers with compact structures. For example, several kW with nearly-single-transverse-mode output power was achieved in continuos-wave oscillation, kW-average power was also achieved in ultrashort-pulse oscillation. Ultrashort-pulse generations around several-ten fs were also achieved by many of the laser gain materials, ultrashort-pulse generation toward the fluorescence spectrum limit were achieved by intracavity nonlinear medium [2-3], high-optical to optical conversion efficiencies around 80% [4] and around 70% [5] were achieved in continuous-wave and nano-second pulsed oscillations, respectively. The highest quantum efficiency above 99% was also obtained [6]. Although for the case of the laser crystals, the high ions-doping-concentration is up to 100%, i.e. YbAG (100 at.% Yb :YAG), KYbW (100 at.% Yb :KYW) are exists already, and the pump absorption length are much shorter than sub-mm. however, for the case of the laser glasses, the ions-doping-concentration was much low compared to the crystals and the length of the gain fiber or waveguide was much longer than several-cm because of the pump absorption length was much longer than several-cm. IQEC/CLEO Pacific Rim

show abstract

Generation of 65-fs ultrashort pulses at 1030-nm center wavelength directly from Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG laser

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Theoretical Analysis of Dependence of Nonlinear Effects in Mode-Locked Yb:YAG Lasers with a Highly Nonlinear Intra-Cavity Medium

Theoretical Analysis of Dependence of Nonlinear Effects in Mode-Locked Yb:YAG Lasers with a Highly Nonlinear Intra-Cavity Medium

Ultrashort-pulse nonlinear Raman Yb:YAG laser with Raman medium

Spectroscopic and lasing properties of highly-doped Ytterbium-glasses

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About