Soliton mode-locked Yb:Ca$_3$ Gd$_2$ (BO$_3$ )$_4$ laser
Résumé
We report on a soliton mode-locked Yb:Ca 3 Gd 2 (BO 3 ) 4 laser at ∼1.06 µm stabilized by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Pumping with a single-transverse mode, fiber-coupled laser diode at 976 nm, the Yb:Ca 3 Gd 2 (BO 3 ) 4 laser delivers soliton pulses as short as 39 fs at a central wavelength of 1059.2 nm with an average output power of 70 mW and a pulse repetition rate of ∼67.3 MHz.