Maxim Gaponenko, Philip Werner Metz, Antti Härkönen, Alexander Heuer, Tomi Leinonen, Mircea Guina, Thomas Südmeyer, Günter Huber, Christian Kränkel
Optics letters 2014 Dec 15We present the first semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locked praseodymium solid-state laser. The laser is based on a Pr(3+):LiYF(4) crystal as gain medium and a GaInP-quantum well-based SESAM. Self-starting continuous-wave mode-locked laser operation with an average output power of 16 mW is achieved at a center wavelength of 639.5 nm. The laser operates at a repetition rate of ∼85.55 MHz and emits pulses with a duration of ∼18 ps.
Maxim Gaponenko, Philip Werner Metz, Antti Härkönen, Alexander Heuer, Tomi Leinonen, Mircea Guina, Thomas Südmeyer, Günter Huber, Christian Kränkel. SESAM mode-locked red praseodymium laser. Optics letters. 2014 Dec 15;39(24):6939-41
PMID: 25503035
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