Femtosecond mode locking of a Tm,Ho:KYW laser near 2 μm

A.A. Lagatsky,F. Fusari,C.T.A. Brown,W. Sibbett,S. Calvez,Martin D. Dawson,Viktor E. Kisel,Sergey V. Kurilchik,Nikolai V. Kuleshov,J. A. Gupta

Femtosecond mode locking of a Tm,Ho:KYW laser near 2 μm

2010

A.A. Lagatsky
F. Fusari
C.T.A. Brown
W. Sibbett
S. Calvez
Martin D. Dawson
Viktor E. Kisel
Sergey V. Kurilchik
Nikolai V. Kuleshov
J. A. Gupta

Passive mode locking of a Tm3+,Ho3+:KY(WO4)2 laser with an InGaAsSb-based saturable absorber is reported. Transform-limited 570-fs pulses were generated at 2055nm with an average power of 130mW at a pulse repetition frequency of 118MHz.

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Laser
Saturable absorption
Femtosecond
Mode-locking
Pulse repetition frequency
Optics
Materials science
Optoelectronics

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