title: Diode-pumped Yb:Sr(3)Y(BO(3))(3) femtosecond laser.
abstract: We have developed a diode-pumped Yb(3+)Sr(3)Y(BO(3))(3) (Yb:BOYS) laser generating 69-fs pulses, at a central wavelength of 1062 nm. This laser is mode locked by use of a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror and emits 80 mW of average power at 113 MHz. This is, to our knowledge, the first mode-locked Yb:BOYS laser and the shortest duration obtained from an ytterbium laser with a crystalline host. The central wavelength can be tuned from 1051 to 1070 nm, for sub-100-fs pulses. We have also achieved an average power as high as 300 mW with pulse duration of 86 fs at 1068 nm.
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authors.lastname: Druon
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authors.lastname: Chénais
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authors.lastname: Raybaut
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authors.lastname: Balembois
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authors.lastname: Georges
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authors.lastname: Gaumé
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authors.lastname: Aka
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authors.lastname: Mohr
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authors.lastname: Kopf