SESAM mode-locked Yb:SrLaAlO4 laser

Identifier:  imarina:9241820

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9241820

Authors:  Zeng, Huang-Jun; Lin, Zhang-Lang; Xue, Wen-Ze; Zhang, Ge; Pan, Zhongben; Lin, Haifeng; Loiko, Pavel; Mateos, Xavier; Petrov, Valentin; Wang, Li; Chen, Weidong

Abstract:
We report on a detailed investigation of continuous-wave and SESAM mode-locked (ML) laser operation of an Yb:SrLaAlO4 laser. Pumped with a high-brightness fiber laser at 976 nm, the ML Yb:SrLaAlO4 laser delivered soliton pulses as short as 38 fs at 1071 nm with an average output power of 86 mW and a pulse repetition rate of similar to 59 MHz. The maximum average output power reached 1.05 W at 1054 nm for longer pulses (94 fs), corresponding to a peak power of 146 kW and an optical efficiency of 38.6%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of SESAM ML operation of the Yb:SrLaAlO4 laser. (C) 2021 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement