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LASER PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 719-722Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.201110059
Keywords
passive mode-locking; Yb:GdYAG ceramic; mixed garnet
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- National Research Foundation of Singapore [NRF-G-CRP-2007-01]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [60928010, 50902139]
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We have successfully fabricated a new type of ytterbium-doped yttrium gadolinium aluminum garnet (Yb:GdYAG) laser ceramic using the solid-state reactive sintering method under vacuum condition. Continuous wave (CW) laser operation of the 5.0 at.% Yb:GdYAG ceramic laser has achieved 4.27 W output power with 26.7% slope efficiency. Passive mode-locking properties of the ceramic was also firstly demonstrated with a semiconductor saturable absorbing mirror (SESAM). Stable mode-locked pulses with 4.4 ps pulse width and a maximum output power of 3.75 W at the wavelength of 1030.4 nm have been generated.
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