Low threshold and high power output of a diode-pumped nonlinear mirror mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser
Author(s) -
JaHon Lin,
Wen-Hsun Yang,
Wen–Feng Hsieh,
Kuei-Huei Lin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.006323
Subject(s) - optics , laser , materials science , mode locking , diode , power (physics) , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics
We demonstrated nonlinear mirror mode-locking of a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser by using a 10 mm long KTP crystal. The stable CW mode locking can be reached with the relative low threshold pump power as low as 2.3W. The highest output power of 2.65W at the 10 W pump powers are generated with the 121-MHz repetition rate of pulses. It confirms the excellent laser performance of the Nd:GdVO4 for high-peak power of the pulse operation.
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