Abstract
We demonstrated a diode-pumped-passively mode-locked laser based on a specially designed composite YAG/Yb:YAG ceramic. Theoretical studies reveal that this composite medium was beneficial for reducing the thermal effect. We obtained 1.35-ps pulses with a maximum output power of 475 mW based on an semiconductor saturable absorber mirror mode-locked laser at the room temperature of 22 °C. A maximum laser output power of 240 W was further generated using a master oscillator power amplifier system with the mode-locked YAG/Yb:YAG ceramic laser as the seeding oscillator.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 7320996 |
| Pages (from-to) | 433-436 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Feb 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Mode locked lasers
- Solid lasers
- YAG lasers
- Ytterbium