Diode-Pumped Passively Mode-Locked Tm: <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="TeX">$\hbox{CaGdAlO}_{4}$</tex-math></inline-formula> Laser at 2- <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="TeX">$\mu \hbox{m}$</tex-math></inline-formula> Wavelength

We report on a diode-pumped passively mode-locked picosecond Tm:CaGdAlO<sub>4</sub> (Tm:CALGO) laser using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror as the mode locker. With Tm:CALGO disordered crystal as gain medium, the mode-locked laser generated pulses with pulse duration of 27 ps, r...

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Main Authors: Zhipeng Qin, Guoqiang Xie, Lingchen Kong, Peng Yuan, Liejia Qian, Xiaodong Xu, Jun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2015-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6987220/