SATURABLE BRAGG REFLECTOR SELF-STARTING PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING OF A CR4-PUMPED WITH A DIODE-PUMPED ND-YVO4 LASER(YAG LASER)

Authors
COLLINGS BC STARK JB TSUDA S KNOX WH CUNNINGHAM JE JAN WY PATHAK R BERGMAN K
Citation
Bc. Collings et al., SATURABLE BRAGG REFLECTOR SELF-STARTING PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING OF A CR4-PUMPED WITH A DIODE-PUMPED ND-YVO4 LASER(YAG LASER), Optics letters, 21(15), 1996, pp. 1171-1173
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
15
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1171 - 1173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:15<1171:SBRSPL>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We demonstrate self-starting passive mode locking of a Cr4+:YAG laser, using an intracavity nonlinear mirror as a saturable absorber. The pu mp source is a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser. Output pulses are centered at 1541 nm, with 26-nm spectral bandwidth and 110-fs pulse width. Outp ut powers of 70 mW are obtained with 8 W of pump power. This mode lock ing technique is compared with Kerr-lens mode locking. (C) 1996 Optica l Society of America