《1ps passively modelocked laser operation》.pdf

1ps passively mode-locked laser operation of Na,Yb:CaF crystal 2 Juan Du, Xiaoyan Liang State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China dujuan@ liangxy@ Yonggang Wang Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China Liangbi Su, Weiwei Feng, Enwen Dai, Zhizhan Xu and Jun Xu State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China Abstract: Diode-pumped passively mode-locked laser operation of 3+ + Yb ,Na :CaF single crystal has been demonstrated for the first time. By 2 using a SESAM (semiconductor saturable mirror), simultaneous transform- limited 1-ps passively mode-locked pulses, with the repetition rate of 183MHz, were obtained under the self-Q-switched envelope induced by the laser medium. The average output power of 360mW was attained at 1047nm for 3.34W of absorbed power at 976nm, and the corresponding pulse peak power arrived at 27kW, indicating the promising application of Yb3+ +