Mode-locked Yb : LuAG ceramics laser

• Main Authors: Luo, Dewei, Zhang, Jian, Xu, Changwen, Lin, Hui, Yang, Hao, Zhu, Haiyong, Shao, Guodong, Tang, Dingyuan, Kong, Ling Bing
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ceramic materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100535; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24124
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A diode-pumped Yb:LuAG ceramics laser was investigated. CW laser performance was achieved. Passively femtosecond mode-locked laser operation was also successfully realized by using a SESAM mirror. The mode-locked pulse duration as short as 650 fs was obtained with a maximum output power of 200 mW.