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High-power diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:YAG ceramic laser

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A high-power diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb:YAG ceramic laser was demonstrated. An average output power of 3.80W with a pulse duration of 433 fs at a repetition rate of 90.9MHz was obtained at a wavelength of 1050 nm using a 2% output coupler. A peak power of 96.5kW was also obtained. To the best of our knowledge, these are the highest reported average power and peak power for a diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:YAG ceramic laser.

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  1. Department of Media and Telecommunications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Ibaraki, 316-8511, Japan

    Shinki Nakamura & Yuto Hikita

  2. Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences (iFRC), Ibaraki University, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1106, Japan

    Shinki Nakamura

  3. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

    Shinki Nakamura, Takayo Ogawa & Satoshi Wada

  4. Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Hokkaido, 090-8507, Japan

    Hiroyasu Sone

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Nakamura, S., Hikita, Y., Sone, H. et al. High-power diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:YAG ceramic laser. OPT REV 21, 401–403 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-014-0062-5

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