• DocumentCode
    1335840
  • Title

    Generation of passively Q-switched and modelocked pulse from Nd:YVO 4 laser with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

  • Author

    Jeong, T.M. ; Chung, C.-M. ; Kim, H.S. ; Nam, C.H. ; Kim, C.-J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Quantum Opt., Korea Adv. Energy Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    3/30/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    633
  • Lastpage
    634
  • Abstract
    The generation of passively Q-switched and modelocked pulses has been observed from an Nd:YVO4 laser with a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber. Modelocked pulses with a repetition rate of 4000 MHz contained in a ~100 ns Q-switched pulse were found to have pulsewidth of <600 ps
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 100 ns; 400 MHz; 600 ps; Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber; Nd:YVO4 laser; Q-switching; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; YVO4:Nd; passive mode locking; pulse generation; repetition rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000420
  • Filename
    842207