Simultaneous mode locking in a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd : YVO4laser with a GaAs saturable absorber

Authors
Chen, YF Huang, KF Tsai, SW Lan, YP Wang, SC Chen, J
Citation
Yf. Chen et al., Simultaneous mode locking in a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd : YVO4laser with a GaAs saturable absorber, APPL OPTICS, 40(33), 2001, pp. 6038-6041
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
33
Year of publication
2001
Pages
6038 - 6041
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(20011120)40:33<6038:SMLIAD>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Simultaneous mode locking and Q switching is accomplished in a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4/GaAs laser. The average output power is similar to2.0 W at 10.6-W absorbed pump power, and the repetition rate of the Q-switched pulse is sim ilar to 120 kHz. The mode-lo eked pulse inside the Q-switched pulse has a r epetition rate of similar to 148 MHz, and its average duration is estimated to be similar to 100 ps. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.