A diode-pumped passively Q-switching mode-locked Nd:Gd0.5Y0.5VO4 laser at 1.34 μm using V 3+ :YAG as the saturable absorber has been demonstrated for the first time to the best of our knowledge. At the pump power of 7 W, the maximum average output power of 0.83 W and Q-switched pulse repetition rate
Hybrid mode-locked, diode-pumped Nd:Gd0.7Y0.3VO4 laser
✍ Scribed by A.A. Sirotkin; S.A. Kutovoi; Yu.D. Zavartsev; V.A. Mikhailov; A.I. Zagumennyi; Yu.L. Kalachev; I.A. Shcherbakov; R. Renner-Erny; W. Lüthy; T. Feurer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-2011
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✦ Synopsis
A Nd:Gd~0.7~Y~0.3~VO~4~ crystal is grown in laser quality. The crystal is diode-pumped at 808 nm. When operated in a Z-shaped resonator with an acousto-optical modulator in combination with a Kerr lens, it produces pulses of 1.7 ps at 140 MHz repetition rate.
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