Sub-100-ps amplitude-modulation mode-locked Tm-Ho:BaY2F8 laser at 2.06 microm.
We report the generation of sub-100-ps pulse trains near the 2.06-microm wavelength in an actively mode-locked diode-pumped Tm-Ho:BaYF laser operating at room temperature. Transform-limited, 97-ps Gaussian pulses at a 100-MHz repetition rate with an average power in excess of 20 mW and with a carrier wavelength tunable by approximately 50 nm near 2.066 microm are demonstrated.
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie--Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy. gianluca.galzerano@fisi.polimi.it
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Galzerano
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Marano
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Longhi
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Sani
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Toncelli
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Tonelli
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Laporta