Intracavity frequency-tripling of actively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser

被引:8
作者
Roissé, E [1 ]
Couderc, V [1 ]
Barthélémy, A [1 ]
Louradour, F [1 ]
机构
[1] Fac Sci, CNRS, UMR 6615, Inst Rech Commun Opt & Microondes, F-87060 Limoges, France
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1999年 / 69卷 / 02期
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10.1007/s003400050776
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the first diode-pumped solid-state laser operating in cw-mode-locked regime and simultaneously achieving intracavity frequency-tripling. This laser provide UV picosecond pulses (lambda = 355 nm) of 10 ps duration with 0.5 mW average power at 150 MHz repetition rate. A different set of adjustments gave rise to a Q-switched mode-locked regime. Trains of hundred UV pulses of 60 ps duration and 4 W peak power were produced in this latter case at 50 kHz repetition rate.
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