DocumentCode :
1234656
Title :
Diode-Pumped Passively Mode-Locked Nd : LuVO 
Laser With a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror
Author :
Li, Tao ; Zhao, Shenzhi ; Zhuo, Zhuang ; Yang, Kejian ; Li, Guiqiu ; Li, Dechun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Shandong Univ., Jinan
Volume :
21
Issue :
13
fYear :
2009
fDate :
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
836
Lastpage :
838
Abstract :
A high output power diode-pumped passively mode-locked all-solid-state Nd:LuVO4 laser is demonstrated with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Both the Q-switched and continuous-wave mode-locked operation are experimentally realized. The mode-locked pulses have a pulsewidth of 7.9 ps and a repetition rate of 105 MHz. At the incident pump power of 22 W, a maximum average output power of 7.6 W is obtained giving an optical conversion efficiency of 34.5%.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lutetium compounds; neodymium; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; LuVO4:Nd; Q-switched operation; diode-pumped passively mode-locked laser; efficiency 34.5 percent; mode-locked pulse; optical conversion efficiency; power 22 W; power 7.6 W; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; time 7.9 ps; ${hbox{Nd}:hbox{LuVO}_{4}}$ crystal; Laser diode pumped; mode-locked laser; solid-state laser;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2019626
Filename :
4813276
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