2.5-GHZ AND 5-GHZ HARMONIC MODE-LOCKING OF A DIODE-PUMPED BULK ERBIUMYTTERBIUM GLASS-LASER AT 1.5-MICRONS

Authors
LAPORTA P LONGHI S MARCHESI M TACCHEO S SVELTO O
Citation
P. Laporta et al., 2.5-GHZ AND 5-GHZ HARMONIC MODE-LOCKING OF A DIODE-PUMPED BULK ERBIUMYTTERBIUM GLASS-LASER AT 1.5-MICRONS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(2), 1995, pp. 155-157
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
155 - 157
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:2<155:2A5HMO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Third-order harmonic mode locking of a diode-laser pumped bulk Er:Yb:g lass laser by frequency modulation with a lithium niobate modulator is reported. Stable pulses at a repetition rate of 2.5 and 5 GHz with a pulse duration down to 9.6 ps are obtained. The average output power i s 3 mW, the pulse peak power is 120 mW at 2.5 GHz repetition rate, and the pulses are approximately 1.4 times transform limited. The pulse d uration can be increased up to 30 ps by decreasing the mode-locker dri ve power.