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Diode-pumped gigahertz femtosecond Yb:KGW laser with a peak power of 3.9 kW.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20721018     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We present a diode-pumped Yb:KGW laser with a repetition rate of 1 GHz and a pulse duration of 281 fs at a wavelength of 1041 nm. A high brightness distributed Bragg reflector tapered diode laser is used as a pump source. Stable soliton modelocking is achieved with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The obtained average output power is 1.1 W and corresponds to a peak power of 3.9 kW and a pulse energy of 1.1 nJ. With harmonic modelocking we could increase the pulse repetition rate up to 4 GHz with an average power of 900 mW and a pulse duration of 290 fs. This Yb:KGW laser has a high potential for stable frequency comb generation.
Authors:
Selina Pekarek; Christian Fiebig; Max Christoph Stumpf; Andreas Ernst Heinz Oehler; Katrin Paschke; Götz Erbert; Thomas Südmeyer; Ursula Keller
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Optics express     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1094-4087     ISO Abbreviation:  Opt Express     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-19     Completed Date:  2011-01-11     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101137103     Medline TA:  Opt Express     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  16320-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. spekarek@phys.ethz.ch
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Computer Simulation
Equipment Design
Hot Temperature
Lasers, Semiconductor*
Models, Theoretical*
Semiconductors*
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*

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