High-power, femtosecond, thermal-lens-shaped Yb:KGW oscillator

被引：28

作者：

Berger, Joel A. ^{[1
]}

Greco, Michael J. ^{[1
]}

Schroeder, W. Andreas ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys MC 273, Chicago, IL 60607 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.16.008629

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Thermal lens shaping for astigmatism compensation is extended to a high-power, diode-pumped, Yb:KGW laser by employing a gain crystal geometry designed for efficient polarized pumping. The 63MHz oscillator is soliton mode-locked with the aid of a saturable Bragg reflector to yield 250fs (347fs) pulses at an output power of 3.5W (5W). Frequency doubling of the 250fs pulses with an intrinsic efficiency >60% provides 1.65W of average green power. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：8629 / 8640

页数：12

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