Ultrashort pulsed laser and optical head using the same
First Claim
1. An ultrashort pulsed laser device, comprising:
- a pump laser diode having linear polarization;
a solid laser medium oscillating with linear polarization;
an optical fiber maintaining a polarization direction; and
a saturable absorber mirror, wherein the solid laser medium is disposed between the optical fiber and the saturable absorber mirror, laser light emitted from the pump laser diode optically is coupled with a first end face of the optical fiber, and laser light emitted from a second end face of the optical fiber pumps the solid laser medium, and the first end face of the optical fiber and the saturable absorber mirror constitute a laser resonator.
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Abstract
An ultrashort pulsed laser device includes: a pump laser diode having linear polarization; a solid laser medium oscillating with linear polarization; an optical fiber maintaining a polarization direction; and a saturable absorber mirror. The solid laser medium is disposed between the optical fiber and the saturable absorber mirror. Laser light emitted from the pump laser diode optically is coupled with a first end face of the optical fiber, and laser light emitted from a second end face of the optical fiber pumps the solid laser medium. The first end face of the optical fiber and the saturable absorber mirror constitute a laser resonator. With this configuration, mode lock can be realized stably at a repetition frequency of several hundred MHz.
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13 Claims
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1. An ultrashort pulsed laser device, comprising:
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a pump laser diode having linear polarization;
a solid laser medium oscillating with linear polarization;
an optical fiber maintaining a polarization direction; and
a saturable absorber mirror, wherein the solid laser medium is disposed between the optical fiber and the saturable absorber mirror, laser light emitted from the pump laser diode optically is coupled with a first end face of the optical fiber, and laser light emitted from a second end face of the optical fiber pumps the solid laser medium, and the first end face of the optical fiber and the saturable absorber mirror constitute a laser resonator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12)
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5. An ultrashort pulsed laser device, comprising:
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a pump laser diode having linear polarization;
a waveguide solid laser medium formed on a ferroelectric crystal substrate, which oscillates with linear polarization and has a waveguide loss controlling unit; and
an optical fiber maintaining a polarization direction, wherein a first end face of the optical fiber and a first end face of the waveguide solid laser medium are opposed so as to optically couple with each other, laser light emitted from the pump laser diode is coupled with a second end face of the optical fiber or a second end face of the waveguide solid laser medium so as to pump the waveguide solid laser medium, and the second end face of the optical fiber and the second end face of the waveguide solid laser medium constitute a laser resonator. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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10. An optical head, comprising an ultrashort pulsed laser that comprises a pump laser diode having linear polarization;
- an optical fiber to which a transition element is doped; and
a saturable absorber mirror,wherein the ultrashort pulsed laser is provided with a power output unit, and the optical fiber is disposed between the power output unit and the pump laser diode, and the pump laser diode is fixed to a heat sink mount and the power output unit is fixed to an optical head mount that is provided separately from the heat sink mount. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13)
- an optical fiber to which a transition element is doped; and
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