title: Femtosecond pulse generation with a diode-pumped Yb3+:YVO4 laser.
abstract: A diode-pumped Yb:YVO4 laser has been passively mode locked for the first time, to our knowledge. 120 fs pulses with an average output power of 300 mW and a peak power as high as 14.5 kW are obtained by use of a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking. The optical spectrum has a 10 nm bandwidth (full width at half-maximum) and is centered at 1021 nm.
authors.affiliation: International Laser Center, Belarus National Technical University, 65 F. Scoriny Avenue, Building 17, Minsk, Belarus. vekisel@ilc.by
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Kisel
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Troshin
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Shcherbitsky
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kuleshov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Matrosov
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Matrosova
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kupchenko
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paschotta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morier-Genoud
authors.forename: U
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authors.lastname: Keller