Low-threshold, dual-passive mode locking of a large mode area Nd:GdVO4 laser

被引：18
作者：
Schieffer, S. L. [1 ]
Brajkovic, D. [1 ]
Cornea, A. I. [1 ]
Schroeder, W. Andreas [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2006年 / 14卷 / 15期
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D O I：
10.1364/OE.14.006694
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
The all solid-state combination of a saturable Bragg mirror for amplitude modulation and a cascaded.( 2):.( 2) nonlinearity ( phase-mismatched second harmonic crystal) as an axial-mode phase locker for continuous-wave mode locking of large mode area lasers is investigated. The dual-passive mode-locking technique generates extremely stable sub-10ps sech(2) pulses at 76MHz from a similar to 6W, TEM00-mode, diode-pumped, thermal-lens-shaped, Brewster Nd:GdVO4 laser. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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页码：6694 / 6704
页数：11
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