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A passively mode-locked Tm:YAG ceramic laser was demonstrated. Employing a 6 at.% Tm3+-doped sample with a length of 2.7 mm, we have realized stable mode-locked pulses with a repetition rate of 109 MHz by a semiconductor saturable absorber. A maximum output power of 116.5 mW was obtained at the central wavelength of 2007 nm. The corresponding pulse duration was determined to be 55 ps by a self-built noncollinear intensity auto-correlation setup. It is shown that Tm:YAG ceramics are excellent laser materials which can be used in ultrafast lasers with high-power and high-efficiency output.
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Keywords:
- 2 m /
- Tm:YAG /
- ceramic laser /
- passively mode-locked
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[1] Lagatsky A A, Fusari F, Calvez S, Gupta J A, Kisel V E, Kuleshov N V, Brown C T A, Dawson M D, Sibbett W 2009 Opt. Lett. 34 2587
[2] Lagatsky A A, Fusari F, Calvez S, Kurilchik S V, Kisel V E, Kuleshov N V, Dawson M D, Brown C T A, Sibbett W 2010 Opt. Lett. 35 172
[3] Lagatsky A A, Calvez S, Gupta J A, Kisel V E, Kuleshov N V, Brown C T A, Dawson M D, Sibbett W 2011 Optics Express 19 9995
[4] Lagatsky A A, Han X, Serrano M D, Cascales C, Zaldo C, Calvez S, Dawson M D, Gupta J A, Brown C T A, Sibbett W 2010 Opt. Lett. 35 3027
[5] Cho W B, Schmidt A, Yim J H, Choi S Y, Lee S, Rotermund F, Griebner U, Steinmeyer G, Petrov V, Mateos X, Pujol M C, Carvajal J J, Aguil M, Daz F 2009 Optics Express 17 11007
[6] Yang K, Bromberger H, Ruf H, Schfer H, Neuhaus J, Dekorsy T, Grimm C V, Helm M, Biermann K, Knzel H 2010 Optics Express 18 6537
[7] Ma J, Xie G Q, Gao W L, Yuan P, Qian L J, Yu H H, Zhang H J, Wang J Y 2012 Opt. Lett. 37 1376
[8] Lagatsky A A, Koopmann P, Fuhrberg P, Huber G, Brown C T A, Sibbett W 2012 Opt. Lett. 37 437
[9] Schmidt A, Koopmann P, Huber G, Fuhrberg P, Choi S Y, Yeom D, Rotermund F, Petrov V, Griebner U 2012 Optics Express 20 5313
[10] Coluccelli N, Galzerano G, Gatti D, Lieto A D, Tonelli M, Laporta P 2010 Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 101 75
[11] Coluccelli N, Lagatsky A, Lieto A D, Tonelli M, Galzerano G, Sibbett W, Laporta P 2011 Opt. Lett. 36 3209
[12] Sato A, Asai K, Itabe T 1998 Appl. Opt. 37 6395
[13] Stoneman R C, Efficient L E 1990 Opt. Lett. 15 486
[14] Ueda K 2007 3rd Laser Ceramic Symposium Paris, October, 2007
[15] Yang X B, Shi Y, Li H J, Bi Q Y, Su L B, Liu Q, Pan Y B, Xu J 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 58 8050 (in Chinese) [杨新波, 石云, 李红军, 毕群玉, 苏良碧, 刘茜, 潘裕柏, 徐军 2009 58 8050]
[16] Cheng X J, Xu J Q, Zhang W X, Jiang B X, Pan Y B 2009 Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 074204
[17] Zhang S Y, Wang M J, Xu L, Wang Y, Tang Y L, Cheng X J, Chen W B, Xu J Q, Jiang B X, Pan Y B 2011 Opt. Express 19 727
[18] Ma Q L, Bo Y, Zong N, Pan Y B, Peng Q J, Cui D F, Xu Z Y 2011 Optics Communications 284 1645
[19] Gao W L, Ma J, Xie G Q, Zhang J, Luo D W, Yang H, Tang D Y, Ma J, Yuan P, Qian L J 2012 Opt. Lett. 37 1076
[20] Yao B Q, Yu X, Ju Y L, Liu W B, Jiang B X, Pan Y B 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 024210
[21] Zou Y W, Zhang Y D, Zhong X, Wei Z Y, Zhang W X, Jiang B X, Pan Y B 2010 Chin. Phys. Lett. 27 074213
[22] Honninger C, Paschotta R, Morier G F, Moser M, Keller U 1999 J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16 46
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