2.3 μm Tm^3+:YLF mode-locked laser

Rémi Soulard (1) , Aleksey Tyazhev (2) , Jean-Louis Doualan (1) , Alain Braud (1) , Ammar Hideur (2) , Mathieu Laroche (1) , Bin Xu (3) , Patrice Camy (1)

1 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique
2 CORIA - Complexe de recherche interprofessionnel en aérothermochimie
3 Department of Electronic Engineering (Xiamen University)

A passively mode-locked Tm:YLF laser emitting at 2.3 μm is reported for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The continuous-wave stable mode-locking operation is obtained with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror at a repetition rate of 100 MHz. The average output power is 165 mW for a pulse duration of 94 ps.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Optique / photonique

Rémi Soulard, Aleksey Tyazhev, Jean-Louis Doualan, Alain Braud, Ammar Hideur, et al.. 2.3 μm Tm^3+:YLF mode-locked laser. Optics Letters, 2017, 42 (18), ⟨10.1364/OL.42.003534⟩. ⟨hal-01862968⟩