(1) CELIA-PALA (UMR 5107 du CNRS – CEA – Université de Bordeaux1), Université Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France;(2) ICMCB-CNRS (UPR 9048), Université Bordeaux 1, 87 av. A. Schweitzer, 33608 Pessac, France
Abstract:
We report for the first time pulsed laser operation of the Yb-doped Li6Y(BO3)3 (Yb-LYB) crystal in the nanosecond as well as in the femtosecond regime. Pulse durations as short as 355 fs have been obtained in passively mode-locked operation and pulse energies up to 140 μJ in Q-switched operation. PACS 42.70Hj; 42.55Xi; 42.60Gd; 42.65Re