SESAM mode-locked Yb:GdYCOB femtosecond laser

Authors :: Ge Zhang
Antonio Agnesi
Haifeng Lin
Federico Pirzio
Weidong Chen
Valentin Petrov
Lizhen Zhang
Zhoubin Lin
Source :: Optical Materials Express. 7:3791
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: The Optical Society, 2017.
Abstract: We report a detailed characterization of the diode-pumping operation of the mixed crystal Yb0.1:Gd0.5Y0.4COB, including cw, tunable and femtosecond laser regimes. This crystal was recently proposed as a promising candidate for high-power as well as femtosecond operation. Our results show that the crystal quality and performance is comparable to the more deeply investigated and closely related calcium yttrium oxoborate and calcium gadolinium oxoborate laser crystals.