title: Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:LuScO(3) single crystal laser with 74 fs pulse duration.
abstract: The mode locking of the mixed sesquioxide single crystal Yb:LuScO(3) is demonstrated. This crystal is locally disordered and has the broadest emission spectrum of all sesquioxides known so far. Pulse durations as short as 111 and 74 fs were obtained using the semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and Kerr-lens mode locking, respectively. The latter regime was reached using a two-section distributed Bragg-reflector tapered diode laser as a pump source.
authors.affiliation: Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Griebner
authors.forename: Rigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiebig
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paschke
authors.forename: Götz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erbert