A femtosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a Ti:Sapphire oscillator is reported.By the cavity length tuning,the signal wavelength is continuously tuned from 1000 to 1200 nm.The average output power of 32 mW is obtained at 1053 nm.The pulse width is measured to be 342 fs by intensity autocorrelation method.In addition,we observed bichromatic emission during the cavity length tuning process.
A diode-pumped picosecond mode-locked Yb：YAG ceramic laser is realized with a slope efficiency of 44%. Output power up to 1.04 W is obtained with pulse duration of 10.4 ps at central wavelength of 1 049.5 nm. The standard deviation of maximum output power instability is 0.00453.
We experimentally demonstrate a diode-pumped passively mode-locked femtosecond laser with yb3＋-doped yttrium lanthanum oxide ceramic. Mode-locking is achieved by using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror, and intraeavity dispersion is compensated by a pair of SF6 prisms. Laser pulses as short as 357 fs at a central wavelength of 1 075 nm are obtained. The maximum average output power is 670 mW under 4.5 W of pumping power with a slope efficiency of 20%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the shortest pulse generated from Yb-doped yttrium lanthanum oxide ceramic lasers with a sub-500 fs pulse duration.
