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Nonlinear-mirror mode-locked 1052 nm Yb:CALGO laser

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We report a diode-pumped nonlinear mirror mode-locked solid-state Yb:CALGO laser operating at 1052 nm. The nonlinear mirror consists of a BBO crystal and a dichroic mirror. Continuous-wave mode-locking with a 1.78 W average power at 116 MHz is obtained. The slope efficiency is 22.6%. The bandwidth of the mode-locked laser is 1.2 nm, Considering GVM of BBO, the pulse width is calculated to be 2.3 ps.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11404196, 11525418, 91750201).

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    Luyang Tong, Fangxin Cai, Qing Xu, Yanxin Ji, Jie Liu, Yangjian Cai & Lina Zhao

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Tong, L., Cai, F., Xu, Q. et al. Nonlinear-mirror mode-locked 1052 nm Yb:CALGO laser. Opt Quant Electron 51, 223 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-019-1938-1

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