Simultaneous Q-switching and mode-locking in an intracavity frequency doubled diode-pumped Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser with Cr4+:YAG

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作者：
Mukhopadhyay, PK [1 ]
Alsous, MB
Ranganathan, K
Sharma, SK
Gupta, PK
George, J
Nathan, TPS
机构：
[1] Ctr Adv Technol, Dept Atom Energy, Diode Pumped Solid State Laser Lab, Indore 452013, MP, India
[2] Atom Energy Commiss Syria, Damascus, Syria
[3] Ctr Adv Technol, Biomed Applicat Sect, Indore 452013, MP, India
来源：
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2003年 / 222卷 / 1-6期
关键词：
mode-locking; passively Q-switched; Nd : YVO4; Cr4+: YAG; intracavity second harmonic;
D O I：
10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01608-0
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report intracavity second harmonic (at 532 nm) generation in a passively Q-switched mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser. The width of a typical Q-switched envelope of the mode-locked pulses for the green laser was around 65 +/- 5 ns and the repetition rate for the mode-locked pulses was 400 MHz. The intracavity frequency doubling significantly improves the depth of modulation of the mode-locked pulses. The peak power of a single mode-locked green pulse near the center of the Q-switched envelope was estimated to be more than 2 kW and the average green power was 6 times higher than the CW green power at an incident diode pump power of 6 W. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：6
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