학술논문

6 GHz Repetition Rate and Tunable Self-Mode-Locked Semiconductor Disk Laser
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. 35(24):1351-1354 Dec, 2023
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Laser mode locking
Laser tuning
Pump lasers
Power generation
Semiconductor lasers
Mirrors
Power lasers
Self-mode-locking
repetition rate tunable
OP-SDL
Language
ISSN
1041-1135
1941-0174
Abstract
We demonstrated a repetition-rate-tunable self-mode-locked optically pumped semiconductor disk laser (OP-SDL). The highest repetition rate of mode-locked pulses was 6.13 GHz. When using an output mirror with a radius of curvature of 300 mm, the tuning range was from 0.6 GHz to 4.35 GHz. When replaced by an output mirror with a radius of curvature of 50 mm, the tuning range was from 3.13 GHz to 6.13 GHz. The entire tuning process was continuous, and OP-SDL was always in a stable mode-locked working state. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to obtain repetition rate of 6.13 GHz and tunable laser in self-mode-locked OP-SDLs. 3.75 GHz was the maximum tuning range of repetition rate at present.