Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ lasers with 40-GHz repetition rate

Author

Lecomte, S. ; Kalisch, M. ; Krainer, L. ; Spuhler, G.J. ; Paschotta, R. ; Golling, M. ; Ebling, D. ; Ohgoh, T. ; Hayakawa, T. ; Pawlik, S. ; Schmidt, B. ; Keller, U.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

52

Abstract

We present two different diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ lasers with a repetition rate of 40 GHz. This is the highest repetition rate demonstrated so far with diode-pumped 1-/spl mu/m solid-state lasers. The first laser design allows short pulses of 2.7-ps duration whereas the second laser design is optimized for high average output power of up to 288 mW. We compare both design approaches and show that there is a tradeoff between output power and pulse duration.

Keywords

laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 mum; 2.7 ps; 288 mW; 40 GHz; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ lasers; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; diode-pumped lasers; laser design; passively mode-locked lasers; pulse repetition rates; short pulses; solid-state lasers; Diodes; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Diode-pumped lasers; high-pulse repetition rates; mode-locked lasers; semiconductor absorbers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2004.838532

Filename

1375032