The Yb3+:LuAlO3 crystal as an active medium for picosecond mode-locked lasers
https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-2430-2021-57-4-485-494
Abstract
Herein, we report on the mathematical modelling and experimental study of the regime of nonsoliton mode locking in a laser based on the Yb3+:LuAlO3 (Yb:LuAP) crystal with longitudinal pumping by laser diode radiation. Simulation based on the Haus master equation permitted to determine the requirements for the parameters of a saturable absorber (SA), the level of the average output power, the size of the TEM00 mode of the cavity in the active element and on the gate to obtain a stable regime of generation of picosecond laser pulses. Laser experiments were carried out in a fourmirror X-shaped resonator using a semiconductor saturable mirror (SESAM) as a passive modulator and a laser diode with a fiber output of a maximum power up to 30 W at a wavelength of 978.5 nm as a pump source. We obtained a stable passive mode locking with a maximum average output power of up to 12 W and an ultrashort pulse duration of about 2 ps at an optical conversion efficiency of pump radiation into lasing radiation of about 38 %. Laser pulses were obtained at a central wavelength of about 999 nm with a minimum Stokes shift (about 2 %) with respect to the pump radiation, which significantly reduced the thermal load on the active element. Additionally, the preliminary results on the second harmonic generation and synchronous pumping of a parametric light generator using a Yb3+ : LuAlO3 crystal laser as a pump source are presented.
About the Authors
V. E. Kisel
Belarussian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
Viktor E. Kisel – Ph. D. (Physics and Mathematics), Head of Research Center of Optical Materials and Technologies
65, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220013, Minsk
N. V. Kuleshov
Belarussian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
Nikolay V. Kuleshov – Dr. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Head of Laser Devices and Technology Department
65, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220013, Minsk
A. S. Yasukevich
Belarussian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
Anatoly S. Yasukevich – Ph. D. (Physics and Mathematics), Leading Researcher at the Research Center of Optical Materials and Technologies
65, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220013, Minsk
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