Highly-efficient 1-GHz-repetition-frequency femtosecond Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 laser for super-continuum generation

We present a 1.024-GHz-repetition-rate femtosecond Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 laser with 61% optical-to-optical efficiency and 69% slope efficiency, generating a supercontinuum of bandwidth 400 nm in silica photonic-crystal fibre. RIN measurements of the laser yielded values <0.1%.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leburn C.G., Schratwieser T.C., Reid D.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-03-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134110019
Description
Summary:We present a 1.024-GHz-repetition-rate femtosecond Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 laser with 61% optical-to-optical efficiency and 69% slope efficiency, generating a supercontinuum of bandwidth 400 nm in silica photonic-crystal fibre. RIN measurements of the laser yielded values <0.1%.
ISSN:2100-014X