中国物理B ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (2): 24205-024205.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/2/024205

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond Yb:YAG ceramic laser

Zi-Ye Gao(高子叶), Jiang-Feng Zhu(朱江峰), Ke Wang(汪珂), Jun-Li Wang(王军利), Zhao-Hua Wang(王兆华), Zhi-Yi Wei(魏志义)   

  1. 1. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China;
    2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-07-25 修回日期:2015-09-10 出版日期:2016-02-05 发布日期:2016-02-05
  • 通讯作者: Jiang-Feng Zhu E-mail:jfzhu@xidian.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Major Scientific Instrument Development Project of China (Grant No. 2012YQ120047), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61205130), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. JB140502).

Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond Yb:YAG ceramic laser

Zi-Ye Gao(高子叶)1, Jiang-Feng Zhu(朱江峰)1, Ke Wang(汪珂)1, Jun-Li Wang(王军利)1, Zhao-Hua Wang(王兆华)2, Zhi-Yi Wei(魏志义)2   

  1. 1. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China;
    2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2015-07-25 Revised:2015-09-10 Online:2016-02-05 Published:2016-02-05
  • Contact: Jiang-Feng Zhu E-mail:jfzhu@xidian.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Major Scientific Instrument Development Project of China (Grant No. 2012YQ120047), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61205130), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. JB140502).

摘要: We experimentally demonstrated a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser based on an Yb:YAG ceramic. Stable laser pulses with 97-fs duration, 2.8-nJ pulse energy, and 320-mW average power were obtained. The femtosecond oscillator operated at a central wavelength of 1049 nm and a repetition rate of 115 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked operation in a diode-pumped Yb:YAG ceramic laser with sub-100 fs pulse duration.

关键词: diode pump, Yb:YAG ceramic, Kerr-lens mode-locking

Abstract: We experimentally demonstrated a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser based on an Yb:YAG ceramic. Stable laser pulses with 97-fs duration, 2.8-nJ pulse energy, and 320-mW average power were obtained. The femtosecond oscillator operated at a central wavelength of 1049 nm and a repetition rate of 115 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked operation in a diode-pumped Yb:YAG ceramic laser with sub-100 fs pulse duration.

Key words: diode pump, Yb:YAG ceramic, Kerr-lens mode-locking

中图分类号:  (Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers)

  • 42.55.Rz
42.55.Xi (Diode-pumped lasers) 42.60.Fc (Modulation, tuning, and mode locking) 42.65.Hw (Phase conjugation; photorefractive and Kerr effects)