Passively modelocked diode-pumped erbium-ytterbium glass laser using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Authors
Spuhler, G Gallmann, L Fluck, R Zhang, G Brovelli, LR Harder, C Laporta, P Keller, U
Citation
G. Spuhler et al., Passively modelocked diode-pumped erbium-ytterbium glass laser using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror, ELECTR LETT, 35(7), 1999, pp. 567-569
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
567 - 569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(19990401)35:7<567:PMDEGL>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A diode-pumped bulk Er3+:Yb2+:glass laser has been passively CW modelocked for thr first time. Reliable, self-starting passive modelocking using semic onductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) is demonstrated, with pulses a s short as 2.5 ps bring obtained with an average output power of 68mW at th e telecommunications wavelength of similar to 1.5 mu m.