On Yb:CaF2 and Yb:SrF2: review of spectroscopic and thermal properties and their impact on femtosecond and high power laser performance

F Druon, S Ricaud, DN Papadopoulos… - Optical Materials …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We present an overview of laser results we obtained with Yb-doped calcium fluoride and its
isotype strontium fluoride. In order to study the laser performance in femtosecond and high …

Yb:CaF2 — a new old laser crystal

M Siebold, S Bock, U Schramm, B Xu, JL Doualan… - Applied Physics B, 2009 - Springer
Here is presented and discussed the history, the spectroscopic, the thermo-mechanical and
the laser properties of the new old laser crystal Yb: CaF 2, of its Sr and Ba isotypes as well …

Diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:BaF2 laser

WZ Xue, ZL Lin, HJ Zeng, G Zhang, P Loiko… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We report on a continuous-wave (CW) and passively mode-locked operation of a fluorite-
type Yb: BaF_2 crystal. Pumped with a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled InGaAs laser …

Sub-50 fs diode-pumped SESAM mode-locked Yb:SrF2 laser

WZ Xue, P Loiko, ZL Lin, HJ Zeng, G Zhang… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report on sub-50 fs pulse generation from a passively mode-locked Yb: SrF_2 laser
pumped with a spatially single-mode, fiber-coupled laser diode at 976 nm. In the continuous …

Generation of sub-100 fs pulses from mode-locked Nd, Y: SrF2 laser with enhancing SPM

J Zhu, L Wei, W Tian, J Liu, Z Wang, L Su… - Laser Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A mode-locked laser using Nd, Y: SrF 2 crystal as the gain medium is presented in this letter.
By special design of the cavity for enhancing the self-phase modulation effect, femtosecond …

Efficient femtosecond mode-locked Nd, Y: SrF2 laser

L Wei, H Han, W Tian, J Liu, Z Wang, Z Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
An efficient femtosecond mode-locked laser using Nd and Y-codoped SrF 2 crystal as the
gain medium is presented in this letter. A 332 fs pulse centered at 1057 nm with a repetition …

New materials for short-pulse amplifiers

F Druon, F Balembois, P Georges - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Laser amplifiers seek high power, efficiency, and short pulse durations. Research
laboratories in this field have focused their investigations toward new laser materials that …

Ultrashort pulse generation from diode pumped mode-locked Yb3+:sesquioxide single crystal lasers

M Tokurakawa, A Shirakawa, K Ueda, R Peters… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We present diode pumped SESAM supported Kerr-lens mode locked laser operation based
on Yb^ 3+: Sc_2O_3 and Yb^ 3+: Lu_2O_3 single crystals. Pulses as short as 71 fs with an …

Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: LYSO laser with 61fs pulse duration

W Tian, Z Wang, L Wei, Y Peng, J Zhang, Z Zhu… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
A stable diode pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked (KLM) Yb: LuYSiO_5 (Yb: LYSO) laser of
generating 61 fs pulses at a central wavelength of 1055.4 nm is experimentally …

Growth and optical properties of ytterbium and rare earth ions codoped CaF2-SrF2 eutectic solid-solution (RE= Y3+, Gd3+, La3+)

B Jiang, L Zheng, D Jiang, H Yin, J Zheng, Q Yang… - Journal of Rare …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ytterbium and rare earth ions (REá= áY, Gd, La) codoped CaF 2-SrF 2 single crystals
(3áat% Yb, 6áat% RE: CaF 2-SrF 2) were fabricated by temperature gradient technology …