Passively mode locked femtosecond Tm:Sc2O3 laser at 2.1 μm

Opt Lett. 2012 Feb 1;37(3):437-9. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.000437.

Abstract

We report on the passive mode locking of a Tm3+:Sc2O3 laser at 2.1 μm using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror based on InGaAsSb quantum wells. Transform-limited 218 fs pulses are generated with an average power of 210 mW. A maximum output power of 325 mW is produced during mode locking with the corresponding pulse duration of 246 fs at a pulse repetition frequency of 124.3 MHz. A Ti:sapphire laser is used as the pump source operating at 796 nm.