Broadly tunable femtosecond Tm:Lu2O3 ceramic laser operating around 2070 nm

Femtosecond mode locking of a Tm-doped Lu2O3 ceramic laser is reported. Transform-limited pulses as short as 180 fs are generated at 2076 nm with an average output power of 400 mW and a pulse repetition frequency of 121.2 MHz. An output power up to 750 mW can be reached at the somewhat longer pulse duration of 382 fs. Femtosecond pulse generation is realized in the 2030-2100 nm spectral range. Passive mode locking was achieved using an ion-implanted InGaAsSb quantum-well-based SESAM.

Citation

Lagatsky , A A , Antipov , O L & Sibbett , W 2012 , ' Broadly tunable femtosecond Tm:Lu2O3 ceramic laser operating around 2070 nm ' , Optics Express , vol. 20 , no. 17 , pp. 19349-19354 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.019349

Publication

Optics Express

Status

Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.019349

ISSN

1094-4087

Type

Journal article

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© 2012 OSA. This paper was published in Optics Express 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/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-20-17-19349. 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 work was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Collections

University of St Andrews Research

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3924