[8p-A31-1~12] 3.4 Laser system and materials

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM JST(6:30 AM - 6:45 AM UTC)Presentation by Applicant for JSAP Young Scientists Presentation Award

[8p-A31-6] Development of Ho:YScO₃ Mode Locked Laser

〇(D)Ayu Konno¹, Christian Krankel³, Masakai Tokurakawa^1,2,4 (1.ILS, UEC, 2.CNBE, UEC, 3.IKZ, 4.JST PRESTO)

Keywords:

Solid State Laser,Mode-Locked Laser

High-power short pulse lasers in 2 μm wavelength region are attractive due to their applications such as nonlinear frequency conversion to the mid-infrared and soft-X-ray regions. Ho³⁺-doped lasers have received growing interest owing to their high optical-to-optical conversion efficiency, the availability of high-power Tm laser pump sources, and their capability for operation at 2.1 μm. In this study, we characterized a newly fabricated mixed-sesquioxide Ho:YScO₃ crystal and demonstrated, the first SESAM mode-locked laser operation.