Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 10, 1014004(2022)

Semiconductor Saturable Absorption Mirror Mode-Locked Laser Based on Large Core Size Crystal Waveguide

Shuai Li1, Guotai Li1, Kailun Zhang1, Zhanda Zhu1,2,3,4, Yongling Hui1,2,3,4, Hong Lei1,2,3,4, and Qiang Li1,2,3,4、*
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  • 1Institute of Laser Engineering Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 2Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 3Beijing Colleges and Universities Engineering Research Center of Advanced Laser Manufacturing, Beijing 100124, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China
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    Large core diameter crystal waveguides can absorb higher power pump light and achieve higher output power. At the same time, the peak power density in the core layer is relatively low during mode-locking operation, and the accumulation of nonlinear effects is reduced. Based on this, a passively mode-locked picosecond laser based on Yb∶YAG large core diameter crystal square waveguide is constructed. In the experiment, firstly, the high mirror is used instead of the semiconductor saturable absorption mirror (SESAM), and the position and angle of the crystal waveguide are adjusted to match the pump light with the waveguide core layer under higher pump power. Then, the angle of the spherical mirror is carefully adjusted to couple the signal light into the waveguide core layer to minimize the loss in the cavity. The designed laser adopts a folded cavity structure, and achieves an average power of 10.2 W, pulse width of 65 ps, repetition rate of 30.15 MHz, and single pulse energy of 0.34 μJ without dispersion compensation device.

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    Shuai Li, Guotai Li, Kailun Zhang, Zhanda Zhu, Yongling Hui, Hong Lei, Qiang Li. Semiconductor Saturable Absorption Mirror Mode-Locked Laser Based on Large Core Size Crystal Waveguide[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(10): 1014004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Nov. 30, 2021

    Accepted: Dec. 23, 2021

    Published Online: May. 10, 2022

    The Author Email: Li Qiang (ncltlq@bjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.1014004

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