Diode-Pumped Cr:forsterite Laser Mode Locked by a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber.
We report the passive mode locking of a diode-pumped Cr:forsterite laser using a semiconductor saturable absorber. The laser generates 10-pJ pulses as short as 1.5 ps in duration with ~650 mW of absorbed pump power. We measured the transient reflectance of the saturable absorber mirror under different incident energy fluences by using a standard pump-probe method. The performance of this laser is also compared with a high-power fiber-laser-pumped femtosecond forsterite laser mode locked with the same absorber.
Liu
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Qian
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Wise
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Zhang
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Itatani
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Sugaya
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Nakagawa
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Torizuka
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