• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 20210352 (2021)
Runyu Wang1、2 and Qing Wang1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210352 Cite this Article
    Runyu Wang, Qing Wang. Operation of femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked laser with all-normal dispersion at 2.4 μm (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210352 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental setup. DM: dichroic mirror; CM: chirped mirror; TM: third-order dispersion mirror; FL: focusing lens; H: hard aperture
    Fig. 1. Experimental setup. DM: dichroic mirror; CM: chirped mirror; TM: third-order dispersion mirror; FL: focusing lens; H: hard aperture
    Curve of group delay dispersion. (a) Group delay dispersion curve of 1 mm Cr:ZnS, single CM and single TM; (b) Net round-trip group delay dispersion curve in the cavity
    Fig. 2. Curve of group delay dispersion. (a) Group delay dispersion curve of 1 mm Cr:ZnS, single CM and single TM; (b) Net round-trip group delay dispersion curve in the cavity
    (a) Simplified mode of resonator cavity; (b) Calculation of Kerr lens sensitivity in gain crystal
    Fig. 3. (a) Simplified mode of resonator cavity; (b) Calculation of Kerr lens sensitivity in gain crystal
    Spectrum of output pulse
    Fig. 4. Spectrum of output pulse
    Measurement and retrieved SHG-FROG traces of the output pulse
    Fig. 5. Measurement and retrieved SHG-FROG traces of the output pulse
    Temporal profile retrieved from an SHG-FROG measurement
    Fig. 6. Temporal profile retrieved from an SHG-FROG measurement
    Reconstructed spectrum intensity and phase distribution retrieved from an SHG-FROG measurement
    Fig. 7. Reconstructed spectrum intensity and phase distribution retrieved from an SHG-FROG measurement
    (a) Oscilloscope pulse trace of mode-locking pulses; (b) RF spectrum of the mode-locking pulses sequence
    Fig. 8. (a) Oscilloscope pulse trace of mode-locking pulses; (b) RF spectrum of the mode-locking pulses sequence
    Plot of the measured beam diameter of mode-locking pulses varied with distance
    Fig. 9. Plot of the measured beam diameter of mode-locking pulses varied with distance
    Published year Mode-locking methodPulse widthAverage powerRef.
    2006SESAM1.1 ps125 mW[23]
    2012SESAM130 fs130 mW[17]
    2013KLM68 fs1 W[19]
    2016KLM41 fs1.9 W[24]
    2017KLM125 fs80 mW[25]
    2019KLM45 fs1 W[13]
    2020KLM34 fs0.8 W[26]
    2021KLM23 fs1.4 W[27]
    2021SESAM79 fs0.8 W[28]
    2021KLM + normal dispersion37 fs0.66 WThis work
    Table 1. Parameters of SESAM or Kerr-lens mode-locked output pulses in Cr:ZnS
    Runyu Wang, Qing Wang. Operation of femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked laser with all-normal dispersion at 2.4 μm (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210352
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