title: Diode-pumped mode-locked femtosecond Tm:CLNGG disordered crystal laser.
abstract: A diode-end-pumped passively mode-locked femtosecond Tm-doped calcium lithium niobium gallium garnet (Tm:CLNGG) disordered crystal laser was demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. With a 790 nm laser diode pumping, stable CW mode-locking operation was obtained by using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The disordered crystal laser generated mode-locked pulses as short as 479 fs, with an average output power of 288 mW, and repetition rate of 99 MHz in 2 μm spectral region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005708:Gallium / Q000737:chemistry*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009556:Niobium / Q000737:chemistry*; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D012666:Semiconductors; D013932:Thulium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009556:Niobium; D013932:Thulium; D008094:Lithium; D005708:Gallium; D002118:Calcium