• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 0850207 (2021)
Wenlong TIAN1, Rui XU1, Jiangfeng ZHU1、*, and Zhiyi WEI2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an7007, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20215008.0850207 Cite this Article
    Wenlong TIAN, Rui XU, Jiangfeng ZHU, Zhiyi WEI. Review of High-power Kerr-lens Mode-locked Yb-doped All-solid-state Lasers (Invited)[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(8): 0850207 Copy Citation Text show less
    Emission spectral bandwidth and thermal conductivity of different Yb-doped gain medium
    Fig. 1. Emission spectral bandwidth and thermal conductivity of different Yb-doped gain medium
    Geometry of gain medium
    Fig. 2. Geometry of gain medium
    Experimental setup of the single-mode fiber-laser-pumped Kerr-lens-mode-locked Yb∶CYA laser[47]
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of the single-mode fiber-laser-pumped Kerr-lens-mode-locked Yb∶CYA laser47
    High repetition rate Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:KGW laser[48]
    Fig. 4. High repetition rate Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:KGW laser48
    Multimode LD pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb∶CYA laser[52]
    Fig. 5. Multimode LD pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb∶CYA laser52
    High-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb∶CYA laser[31]
    Fig. 6. High-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb∶CYA laser31
    Summary of kerr-lens mode-locked Yb all-solid-state lasers with high average power
    Fig. 7. Summary of kerr-lens mode-locked Yb all-solid-state lasers with high average power
    Design of the hundred watts KLM laser based on dual-end high-power pumping and cryogenic cooling
    Fig. 8. Design of the hundred watts KLM laser based on dual-end high-power pumping and cryogenic cooling
    Design of the MHz, 10-µJ KLM laser based on the cavity dumping and multi-pass cavity
    Fig. 9. Design of the MHz, 10-µJ KLM laser based on the cavity dumping and multi-pass cavity
    Design of the LD pumped GHz KLM Yb-doped all-solid-state laser
    Fig. 10. Design of the LD pumped GHz KLM Yb-doped all-solid-state laser
    TypeSESAMassistedFiber laser pumpedLDpumped dual-confocal cavity
    ProsSelf-starting

    Short pulse duration

    High optical-optical efficiency

    High average power

    Low cost

    Cons

    Output power is limited by the damage threshold of SESAM

    The home-made SESAM is not yet mature

    Pump laser is high in cost and low in power

    not self-starting

    Not self-starting
    Table 1. Comparison of the different types of high-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb-doped bulk lasers
    Wenlong TIAN, Rui XU, Jiangfeng ZHU, Zhiyi WEI. Review of High-power Kerr-lens Mode-locked Yb-doped All-solid-state Lasers (Invited)[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(8): 0850207
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