Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:BaF2 laser

We report on a continuous-wave (CW) and passively mode-locked operation of a fluorite-type Yb:BaF2 crystal. Pumped with a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled InGaAs laser diode at 976 nm, the Yb:BaF2 laser generated a maximum CW output power of 512 mW at 1054.4 nm, corresponding to a laser threshol...

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Main Authors: Basyrova, L. (Author), Benayad, A. (Author), Camy, P. (Author), Chen, W. (Author), Lin, Z.-L (Author), Loiko, P. (Author), Mateos, X. (Author), Petrov, V. (Author), Wang, L. (Author), Xue, W.-Z (Author), Zeng, H.-J (Author), Zhang, G. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) 2022
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245 1 0 |a Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:BaF2 laser 
260 0 |b Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)  |c 2022 
856 |z View Fulltext in Publisher  |u https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.459704 
520 3 |a We report on a continuous-wave (CW) and passively mode-locked operation of a fluorite-type Yb:BaF2 crystal. Pumped with a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled InGaAs laser diode at 976 nm, the Yb:BaF2 laser generated a maximum CW output power of 512 mW at 1054.4 nm, corresponding to a laser threshold of 36.5 mW and a slope efficiency of 65.0%. A continuous wavelength tuning across 85 nm (1007–1092 nm) was achieved. By implementing a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror for initiating and sustaining the soliton pulse shaping, near Fourier-transform-limited pulses as short as 52 fs were generated at 1058.2 nm with an average output power of 129 mW at a pulse repetition rate of ∼79.5 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the passively mode-locked operation of the Yb:BaF2 crystal. © 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement 
650 0 4 |a BaF 2 crystal 
650 0 4 |a Barium compounds 
650 0 4 |a Calcium fluoride 
650 0 4 |a Continuous Wave 
650 0 4 |a Continuous wave output power 
650 0 4 |a Diode-pumped 
650 0 4 |a Fiber coupled 
650 0 4 |a Fluorite types 
650 0 4 |a Fluorspar 
650 0 4 |a Gallium alloys 
650 0 4 |a Indium alloys 
650 0 4 |a Mode locked operations 
650 0 4 |a Mode-locked 
650 0 4 |a Mode-locked fiber lasers 
650 0 4 |a Passive mode locking 
650 0 4 |a Passively mode-locked 
650 0 4 |a Pulse repetition rate 
650 0 4 |a Pumping (laser) 
650 0 4 |a Semiconducting indium gallium arsenide 
650 0 4 |a Semiconductor alloys 
650 0 4 |a Semiconductor diodes 
650 0 4 |a Semiconductor lasers 
650 0 4 |a Single-mode fibers 
650 0 4 |a Solid state lasers 
700 1 |a Basyrova, L.  |e author 
700 1 |a Benayad, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Camy, P.  |e author 
700 1 |a Chen, W.  |e author 
700 1 |a Lin, Z.-L.  |e author 
700 1 |a Loiko, P.  |e author 
700 1 |a Mateos, X.  |e author 
700 1 |a Petrov, V.  |e author 
700 1 |a Wang, L.  |e author 
700 1 |a Xue, W.-Z.  |e author 
700 1 |a Zeng, H.-J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Zhang, G.  |e author 
773 |t Optics Express