High power ultrafast Nd:YVO4 laser mode locked by single wall carbon nanotube absorber

被引：20
作者：
Liu, Y. [1 ]
Wang, Y. [2 ]
Liu, J. [1 ]
Liu, C. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Shandong Normal Univ, Coll Phys & Elect, Jinan 250014, Peoples R China
[2] Acad Sinica, Res Ctr Appl Sci, Taipei 30010, Taiwan
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2011年 / 104卷 / 04期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
PUMPED ND-GDVO4 LASER; SATURABLE-ABSORBER; ND-YVO4; LASER; REPETITION RATE; FIBER LASER; LOCKING; MIRROR; FILM;
D O I：
10.1007/s00340-011-4566-4
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We use a single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) absorber to demonstrate a high power mode locking for Nd:YVO4 lasers. Under the pump power of 12 W, continuous wave mode-locked (CWML) pulse were generated with the maximum average output power of 3.6 W and the pulse duration of 7.6 ps. The peak power and the single pulse energy of the mode-locked laser were up to 4.9 kW and 37.5 nJ, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the highest average output power of the CWML laser with the SWCNTs absorber reported.
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页码：835 / 838
页数：4
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