Diode-pumped femtosecond solid-state waveguide laser with a 4.9 GHz pulse repetition rate

We report on the first demonstration of a passively mode-locked, diode-pumped, monolithic Yb:glass channel waveguide laser that incorporates a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Stable and self-starting mode-locking is achieved in a Fabry-Perot cavity configuration producing a pulse repetition rate up to 4.9 GHz. The shortest pulse duration of 740 fs is generated with 30 mW of average output power at a center wavelength of 1058 nm. A maximum output power of 81 mW is produced during mode-locking with corresponding pulse duration of 800 fs.

Citation

Choudhary , A , Lagatsky , A A , Kannan , P , Sibbett , W , Brown , C T A & Shepherd , D P 2012 , ' Diode-pumped femtosecond solid-state waveguide laser with a 4.9 GHz pulse repetition rate ' , Optics Letters , vol. 37 , no. 21 , pp. 4416-4418 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.004416

Publication

Optics Letters

Status

Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.004416

ISSN

0146-9592

Type

Journal article

Rights

© 2012 Optical Society of America. This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-37-21-4416. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

Description

This research was funded through Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grants EP/H035745/1 and EP/H038035/1.

Collections

University of St Andrews Research

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3922