title: Sub-80 femtosecond pulses generation from a diode-pumped mode-locked Nd:Ca3La2(BO3)4disordered crystal laser.
abstract: We experimentally demonstrated a diode-pumped sub-80 fs Nd:Ca3La2(BO3)4disordered crystal laser. Pumping by an 808 nm fiber coupled laser diode, stable continuous-wave mode-locked pulses as short as 79 fs were achieved with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The ultrashort pulses had a repetition rate of ∼98.9  MHz at the central wavelength of about 1068 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of sub-100 fs pulses and the shortest mode-locked pulses generated from the Nd3+-doped crystal lasers.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhongben
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Huaqiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Haohai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Huaijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Deyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Dingyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tang