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Diode-pumped femtosecond oscillators using ultra-broad-band Yb-doped crystals and modelocked using low-temperature grown or ion implanted saturable-absorber mirrors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2002

F. Druon ,
G. J. Valentine ,
S. Chénais ,
P. Raybaut ,
F. Balembois ,
P. Georges ,
A. Brun ,
A. J. Kemp ,
D. J.L. Birkin  and
W. Sibbett
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F. Druon*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
G. J. Valentine
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
S. Chénais
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
P. Raybaut
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
F. Balembois
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
P. Georges
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
A. Brun
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
A. J. Kemp
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
D. J.L. Birkin
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
W. Sibbett
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
S. Mohr
Affiliation:
High Q Laser Production GmbH, Kaestel-Areal, 2. OG Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Str. 61, 6845 Hohenems, Austria
D. Kopf
Affiliation:
High Q Laser Production GmbH, Kaestel-Areal, 2. OG Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Str. 61, 6845 Hohenems, Austria
D. Burns
Affiliation:
Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Wolfson Centre, 106 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NW, UK
A. Courjaud
Affiliation:
Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
C. Hönninger
Affiliation:
Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
F. Salin
Affiliation:
Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
R. Gaumé
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide, UMR 7574 du CNRS, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie Paris, France
A. Aron
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide, UMR 7574 du CNRS, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie Paris, France
G. Aka
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide, UMR 7574 du CNRS, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie Paris, France
B. Viana
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide, UMR 7574 du CNRS, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie Paris, France
C. Clerc
Affiliation:
Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, Bât. 104, 91405 Orsay, France
H. Bernas
Affiliation:
Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, Bât. 104, 91405 Orsay, France
*
frederic.druon@iota.u-psud.fr
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Abstract

Femtosecond modelocked lasers using new ytterbium-doped borate crystals (Yb:Sr3Y(BO3)3, Yb:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 and Yb:Ca4YO(BO3)3) are demonstrated. Pulse duration as short as 69 fs has been obtained. To modelock such lasers, fast saturable absorbers need to be used. Two different types of fast saturable absorbers have been studied: low-temperature-grown semiconductor mirrors (SESAM) and high-energy-ion-implanted semiconductor Bragg reflectors (SBR). We demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, that ion-implanted SBR can be used to modelock oscillators using Yb-doped materials.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 20 , Issue 3: ACO: Action Coordonnée Optique , December 2002 , pp. 177 - 182
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© EDP Sciences, 2002

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