Generation of 90-fs pulse from a modelocked diode-pumped Yb3+:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 laser

Frédéric Druon (1) , François Balembois (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Alain Brun (1) , A. Courjaud (2) , C. Honninger (2) , F. Salin (2) , A. Aron (3) , Frédéric Mougel (3) , Gérard Aka (3) , Daniel Vivien (3)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
2 CELIA - Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications
3 LCAES - Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide

A diode-pumped Yb31:Ca4GdO_BO3_3 (Yb:GdCOB) laser generating 90-fs pulses at a center wavelength of 1045 nm is demonstrated. This is, to our knowledge, the shortest pulse duration obtained from an ytterbium laser with a crystalline host. This laser is mode locked with a high-finesse semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror and emits 40 mW of average power at a repetition rate of 100 MHz

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Frédéric Druon, François Balembois, Patrick Georges, Alain Brun, A. Courjaud, et al.. Generation of 90-fs pulse from a modelocked diode-pumped Yb3+:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 laser. Optics Letters, 2000, 25 (6), pp.423-425. ⟨hal-00701638⟩