| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942457 |
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| Author | Search for: Lagatsky, A.A.; Search for: Brown, C.T.A.; Search for: Sibbett, W.; Search for: Calvez, S.; Search for: Dawson, M.D.; Search for: Gupta, J.A.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011, 22 May 2011 through 26 May 2011, Munich |
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| Subject | Diode pumped lasers; Femtoseconds; Gain media; High-power; Modelocking; Nonlinear frequency; Photomedicine; Pulse durations; Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors; Spectral range; Spectral region; Supercontinuum generations; Time-resolved spectroscopy; Ultrashort pulse generation; Ultrashort pulse laser; Electron optics; Frequency converters; Laser spectroscopy; Mirrors; Optical communication; Optical frequency conversion; Optics; Pulse generators; Pumping (laser); Quantum electronics; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrashort pulses; Infrared lasers |
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| Abstract | Ultrashort-pulse lasers operating around the 2-μm spectral region are of great interest for applications in time-resolved spectroscopy, nonlinear frequency up-conversion to the mid/far-infrared spectral regions, mid-IR supercontinuum generation, optical communications and photomedicine. Tm 3+ doped crystalline gain media represent an attractive option for development of high-power, broadly tunable diode-pumped lasers around 2 μm that can be readily configured for ultrashort pulse generation through appropriate mode locking schemes. The best results in terms of pulse duration have to date been obtained with a Tm:KLu(WO 4) 2 laser [1] that produced 10-ps pulses at 1944 nm and a Tm:GdLiF 4 laser that generated ∼17-44 ps pulses tuned from 1868 nm to 1926 nm. [2] Here we report, for the first time to our knowledge, a femtosecond Tm 3+:KY(WO 4) 2 (Tm:KYW) laser that operates in the 1985-2065 nm spectral range by incorporating a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) © 2011 IEEE. |
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| Publication date | 2011 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21271569 |
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| Record identifier | 434928a5-15ce-4f4a-9d12-b4f8cd72d308 |
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| Record created | 2014-03-24 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-21 |
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