Multi-Watt Nd : YVO4 laser, mode locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and side-pumped by a diode-laser bar

Authors
Graf, T Ferguson, AI Bente, E Burns, D Dawson, MD
Citation
T. Graf et al., Multi-Watt Nd : YVO4 laser, mode locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and side-pumped by a diode-laser bar, OPT COMMUN, 159(1-3), 1999, pp. 84-87
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
159
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
84 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(19990101)159:1-3<84:MN:YLM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report on a side-pumped and passively mode-locked all-solid-state laser. The laser consists of an astigmatically compensated resonator with a satur able Bragg reflector to achieve mode locking and a Brewster-cut Nd:YVO4 rod , which is side-pumped by a diode-laser bat. At 17 W of pump power a fundam ental-mode average output power of 4.4 W is attained. The pulse duration wa s 33 ps as measured at pulse repetition rates of 235 and 440 MHz. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.