IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A DIODE -PUMPED ND-YAG LASER

Authors
COUDERC V BARTHELEMY A
Citation
V. Couderc et A. Barthelemy, IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A DIODE -PUMPED ND-YAG LASER, Annales de physique, 20(5-6), 1995, pp. 573-574
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Annales de physique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034169
Volume
20
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
573 - 574
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4169(1995)20:5-6<573:IITPOA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Passive mode locking of a cw diode pumped Nd:YAG laser with the nonlin ear mirror technique is reported. Light pulses with 320 mW of average power and pulse duration shorter than 10 ps at 1064 nm have been obtai ned. The nonlinear mirror consists of a 3mm long KTP frequency doublin g crystal and a dichroic mirror with high reflectivity for the second harmonic and lower reflectivity for the fundamental frequency. We show that the pulses duration is directly dependent of the intracavity pow er and of the length of the non linear cristal.