Mid-infrared SESAM mode-locked Er:CaF<sub>2</sub>-SrF<sub>2</sub> bulk laser at 2.73 µm

Jingjing Liu; Linxuan Tang; Xiaoyue Feng; Mengyu Zong; Luyang Tong; Zhen Zhang; Lina Zhao; Jie Liu; Liangbi Su

doi:10.3788/COL202422.051406

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 5, 051406(2024)

Mid-infrared SESAM mode-locked Er:CaF₂-SrF₂ bulk laser at 2.73 µm

Jingjing Liu¹, Linxuan Tang¹, Xiaoyue Feng¹, Mengyu Zong¹, Luyang Tong¹, Zhen Zhang^2,3, Lina Zhao¹, Jie Liu^1、*, and Liangbi Su^2,3、**

Author Affiliations

¹Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

²CAS Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-Functional Inorganic Materials, Synthetic Single Crystal Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China

³State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China

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Jingjing Liu, Linxuan Tang, Xiaoyue Feng, Mengyu Zong, Luyang Tong, Zhen Zhang, Lina Zhao, Jie Liu, Liangbi Su, "Mid-infrared SESAM mode-locked Er:CaF₂-SrF₂ bulk laser at 2.73 µm," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 051406 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Jan. 18, 2024

Accepted: Feb. 5, 2024

Published Online: May. 20, 2024

The Author Email: Jie Liu (jieliu@sdnu.edu.cn), Liangbi Su (suliangbi@mail.sic.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.051406

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.051406

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