title: Diode-pumped continuous-wave and femtosecond laser operations of a heterocomposite crystal Yb3+: SrY4(SiO4)3O parallel Y2Al5O12.
abstract: We report cw and femtosecond laser operations under diode pumping of a diffusion-bonding heterocomposite Yb-doped crystal: Yb3+:SrY4(SiO4)3O parallel Y2Al5O12(YAG paralell SYS:Yb). To show the advantages of this heterocomposite crystal over classical Yb:SYS crystal, we first investigate the high-power cw regime. A cw power of 4.3 W is demonstrated. The femtosecond regime is also investigated, and 1-W-average-power, 130-fs pulses at 1070 nm are produced, which represents, to our knowledge, the first demonstration of an Yb-doped heterocomposite mode-locked laser.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, Ecole Supérieure d'Optique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8501 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Universitaire d'Orsay, Bâtiment 503, 91403 Orsay, France. frederic.druon@iota.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Druon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chénais
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balembois
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Georges
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaumé
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Viana