Q-switched and continuous-wave mode-locking of a diode-pumped Nd:Gd0.64Y0.36VO4-Cr4+:YAG laser

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作者：
Ng, SP [1 ]
Tang, DY
Kong, J
Qin, LJ
Meng, XI
Xiong, ZJ
机构：
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Photon Res Ctr, Singapore 639798, Singapore
[2] Shandong Univ, Natl Lab Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[3] Singapore Inst Mfg Technol, Singapore 638075, Singapore
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2005年 / 81卷 / 04期
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D O I：
10.1007/s00340-005-1866-6
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report on a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:Gd0.64Y0.36VO4 laser with a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber. Q-switched mode locking (QML) with 90% modulation depth was obtained. The peak power of the mode-locked pulse near the maximum of the Q-switched envelope was estimated to be about 1.7 MW at the pump power of 12 W. Besides QML, continuous-wave mode locking was also experimentally realized, for the first time to our knowledge, in the laser under a strong intracavity pulse energy fluence. The mode-locked pulse width is about 2.96 ps at a repetition rate of 161.3 MHz.
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