17.8 fs broadband Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CALGO oscillator

Y Wang, X Su, Y Xie, F Gao, S Kumar, Q Wang, C Liu… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Pulses as short as 17.8 fs with a spectral bandwidth of 145 nm and central wavelength of
1118 nm have been generated from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CALGO oscillator. The …

Diode-pumped 45 fs Yb: CALGO laser oscillator with 1.7 MW of peak power

S Manjooran, A Major - Optics Letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A high-power sub-50 fs diode-pumped Yb: CALGO laser oscillator is demonstrated. The
peak power achieved for 45 fs pulses directly from the oscillator was 1.7 MW. To the best of …

Yb:GdScO3 crystal for efficient ultrashort pulse lasers

Y Zhang, S Li, X Du, J Guo, Q Gong, S Tao, P Zhang… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of thermal, optical, and
laser properties of Yb: GdScO_3 for potentially efficient ultrashort pulse lasers. The …

Efficient few-cycle Yb-doped laser oscillator with Watt-level average power

F Labaye, VJ Wittwer, M Hamrouni, N Modsching… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
So far, the operation of ultrafast bulk laser oscillators based on Yb-doped gain materials and
directly emitting few-cycle pulses have been restricted to low optical-to-optical efficiencies …

Switchable single-dual-wavelength Yb,Na:CaF2 waveguide lasers operating in continuous-wave and pulsed regimes

Y Ren, C Cheng, Y Jia, Y Jiao, D Li… - Optical Materials …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Depressed-cladding waveguides are produced in Yb, Na: CaF_2 laser crystal by applying
ultrafast laser inscription. Under pumping at 946 nm, continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switched …

Sub-50-fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb-doped fluoride laser with 44% optical efficiency

X Su, Y Wang, L Su, S Liu, L Zheng, B Zhang, J He… - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Yb-doped fluoride has been demonstrated to be potential crystals for application in efficient
ultrafast lasers. However, the trade-off between the shorter pulses with higher efficiencies is …

Dual-wavelength Yb: CALGO laser with wavelength spacing tunability

MAR Reza, R Akbari, A Major - Solid State Lasers XXIX …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A continuous-wave dual-wavelength Yb: CALGO laser has been demonstrated using a 12-
mm thick off-surface axis birefringent filter. The obtained wavelength spacing could be tuned …

SESAM-assisted Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr: ZnS laser

M Kowalczyk, I Davydenko, J Sotor - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Mode-locking in Cr: ZnS/Se lasers typically rely on Kerr-lensing (KLM) or a semiconductor
saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The former allows generation of shorter pulses, but …

Growth and optical properties of ytterbium and rare earth ions codoped CaF2-SrF2 eutectic solid-solution (RE= Y3+, Gd3+, La3+)

B Jiang, L Zheng, D Jiang, H Yin, J Zheng, Q Yang… - Journal of Rare …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ytterbium and rare earth ions (REá= áY, Gd, La) codoped CaF 2-SrF 2 single crystals
(3áat% Yb, 6áat% RE: CaF 2-SrF 2) were fabricated by temperature gradient technology …

Dual-wavelength Nd: CALGO laser based on an intracavity birefringent filter

R Akbari, P Loiko, J Xu, X Xu… - Solid State Lasers XXVIII …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We demonstrated continuous-wave dual-wavelength (DW) operation of a Nd: CALGO laser
using a single birefringent filter (BRF) plate. Owing to a new mechanism of the BRF loss …