title: Sub-50-fs widely tunable Yb:CaYAlO(4) laser pumped by 400-mW single-mode fiber-coupled laser diode.
abstract: Yb:CaYAlO(4) has been investigated spectroscopically and compared to better known Yb:CaGdAlO(4). It turns out that both materials show very similar spectroscopic parameters relevant to ultrafast lasers design. Employing single-mode fiber-coupled 400-mW laser diode at 976 nm we measured pulses as short as 43 fs, and broad tunability of 40 nm with a simple single-prism setup.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pirzio
authors.forename: Samuele D Di Dio
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cafiso
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kemnitzer
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guandalini
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kienle
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Veronesi
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.forename: Juerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aus der Au
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agnesi