Generation of 33 fs pulses directly from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaYAlO<sub>4</sub> laser

Ziye Gao; Jiangfeng Zhu; Junli Wang; Zhiyi Wei; Xiaodong Xu; Lihe Zheng; Liangbi Su; Jun Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.3.000335

Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 6, 335(2015)

Generation of 33 fs pulses directly from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaYAlO₄ laser

Ziye Gao¹, Jiangfeng Zhu^1、*, Junli Wang¹, Zhiyi Wei², Xiaodong Xu³, Lihe Zheng³, Liangbi Su³, and Jun Xu⁴

Author Affiliations

¹School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

²Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

³Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁴School of Physics Science and Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

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Paper Information

Received: Aug. 25, 2015

Accepted: Oct. 12, 2015

Published Online: Jan. 6, 2016

The Author Email: Jiangfeng Zhu (jfzhu@xidian.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.3.000335

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