Abstract
The ultrafast optical radiation in the yellow spectral region is of great interest for variety of scientific and technological applications including astronomy, spectroscopy and medicine, with potential to revolutionize eye surgeries through exquisite accuracy [1, 2]. However, it is relatively difficult to access the yellow region, especially when good beam quality, high power and high efficiency are required. Till date, various types of yellow lasers have been reported [3, 4] mostly in CW regime and nanosecond timescales. Here, we report on a compact, high-power, high repetition-rate, ultrafast source of yellow radiation. Using an ultrafast Cr2+:ZnS laser of average power of 4.5 W with spectral width of Δλ=138 nm centered at 2.36 μm, producing output pulses of width ~40 fs at a repetition rate of 80 MHz, and two stage single-pass second harmonic generation (SHG), we have generated ultrafast radiation of power 1 W tunable across 577-589 nm.
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