Open AccessDiode-end-pumped passively mode-locked ceramic Nd:YAG Laser with a semiconductor saturable mirror
Author(s) -
Lin Ge,
Weizhen Hou,
Hongbo Zhang,
Zhenan Sun,
Dafu Cui,
Zuyan Xu,
Yonggang Wang,
Xiaoyu Ma
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.13.004085
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , saturable absorption , laser , diode , mode locking , optoelectronics , semiconductor , ceramic , q switching , semiconductor laser theory , solid state laser , wavelength , fiber laser , physics , composite material
We report on a diode-pumped CW passively mode locked ceramic Nd:YAG laser with SESAM (semiconductor saturable absorber mirror), wavelength 1064nm. At a pump power of 7.6w, the pulse width was estimated to be ~8.3ps with repetition rate ~130MHz and the average output power was 1.59w. To our knowledge, this was the first demonstration that ceramic Nd:YAG was used for diode pumped CW passively mode locking.