Efficient dual-wavelength diode-end-pumped laser with a diffusion-bonded Nd:YVO_4/Nd:GdVO_4 crystal
Author(s) -
Yetong Huang,
H. H. Cho,
Y. S. Tzeng,
H. C. Liang,
K. W. Su,
Y. F. Chen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
optical materials express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 66
ISSN - 2159-3930
DOI - 10.1364/ome.5.002136
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , laser , diode , picosecond , optoelectronics , crystal (programming language) , terahertz radiation , pulse duration , mode locking , diffusion , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , programming language
A new type of diffusion-bonded Nd:YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 hetero-composite crystal is originally designed and applied to diode-end-pumped laser for achieving an efficient dual-comb picosecond operation with self-mode locking for the first time. As high as 1.1 W of the total average output power at 1063.18 and 1064.37 nm is generated under an incident pump power of 5.1 W. The corresponding mode-locked pulse width is 42 ps at a pulse repetition rate of 3.82 GHz. Through the optical beating between two carrier frequencies of each spectral component, a train of ultrashort pulses with sub-terahertz repetition rate is further generated with the effective duration of down to 1.6 ps.
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