Passively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 oscillator operating at an ultralow repetition rate

被引：38

作者：

Papadopoulos, DN ^{[1
]}

Forget, S ^{[1
]}

Delaigue, M ^{[1
]}

Druon, F ^{[1
]}

Balembois, F ^{[1
]}

Georges, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Paris 11, UMR 8501 CNRS, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91403 Orsay, France

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 28卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.28.001838

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate the operation of an ultralow-repetition-rate, high-peak-power, picosecond diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 passively mode-locked laser oscillator. Repetition rates lower than 1 MHz were achieved with the use of a new design for a multiple-pass cavity and a semiconductor saturable absorber. Long-term stable operation at 1.2 MHz with a pulse duration of 16.3 ps and an average output power of 470 mW, corresponding to 24-kW peak-power pulses, is reported. These are to our knowledge the lowest-repetition-rate high-peak-power pulses ever generated directly from a picosecond laser resonator without cavity dumping. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

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页码：1838 / 1840

页数：3

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