title: Diode-Pumped Cr:forsterite Laser Mode Locked by a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itatani
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authors.lastname: Sugaya
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
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authors.lastname: Torizuka