Femtosecond Yb:YCOB laser pumped by a narrow-stripe laser diode passively modelocked using an ion implanted saturable absorber mirror

G.J. Valentine (1) , A.J. Kemp (2) , D.J.L. Birkin (2) , D. Burns (3) , François Balembois (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , H. Bernas (4) , A. Aron (5) , Gerard Aka (5) , W. Sibbett (2) , Alain Brun (1) , M.D. Dawson (3) , E. Bente (3)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
2 School of Physics and Astronomy [St Andrews]
3 University of Strathclyde [Glasgow]
4 CSNSM - Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse
5 LCMCP (site ENSCP) - Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (site ENSCP)

The authors present, what they believe to be, the first femtosecond Yb:YCOB laser, pumped by a low-power, narrow-stripe laser diode. To facilitate modelocking, high-energy oxygen ion implantation of the saturable absorber is employed. 210 fs pulse generation at 16 mW average output power for 140 mW incident pump power is reported.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

G.J. Valentine, A.J. Kemp, D.J.L. Birkin, D. Burns, François Balembois, et al.. Femtosecond Yb:YCOB laser pumped by a narrow-stripe laser diode passively modelocked using an ion implanted saturable absorber mirror. Electronics Letters, 2000, 36 (19), pp.1621-1623. ⟨10.1049/el:20001141⟩. ⟨hal-00761633⟩