Passively mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser with up to 13 GHz repetition rate

Author

Krainer, L. ; Paschotta, R. ; Keller, U. ; Moser, M. ; Kopf, D. ; Weingarten, K.J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

59

Abstract

Summary form only given. We demonstrate passive modelocking of a Nd: vanadate (Nd:YVO/sub 4/) laser to repetition rates of up to 13 GHz. With Ti:sapphire pumping, we achieved modelocking at 13 GHz with 200 mW of average output power and pulse widths of 9.5 ps. With diode pumping, we achieved modelocking at a repetition rate of 12.6 GHz with 195 mW of average output power and a pulse duration of 8.8 ps. In all cases we operated the laser at its fundamental cavity repetition rate, i.e. the repetition rate of the laser equals the laser cavity free-spectral range, as opposed to harmonic modelocking where the repetition rate is an integer multiple of the cavity free-spectral range.

Keywords

laser mode locking; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 12.6 GHz; 13 GHz; 13 GHz repetition rate; 195 mW; 200 mW; 8.8 ps; 9.5 ps; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; average output power; fundamental cavity repetition rate; harmonic modelocking; integer multiple; laser cavity free-spectral range; passively mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; pulse duration; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Masers; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.833875

Filename

833875