Title :
Low threshold passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 lasers with a semiconductor saturable absorber output coupler
Author :
Wu, Hsiao-Hua ; Hsu, Ming-Hua ; Hou, Jen-Hsiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Tunghai Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
A diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser which generates continuous wave mode locking at pump power as low as 75 mW and an average output power up to 218 mW at a pump power of 920 mW was reported.
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; lenses; neodymium; optical couplers; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; continuous wave mode locking; diode pumping; flat mirrors; lenses; linear cavity; passive mode locking; power 75 mW; power 920 mW; semiconductor saturable absorber output coupler; solid-state lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Continuous-wave mode locking;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292535
