Title :
Steady-state operation of pulsed pumped self mode locked Nd:YVO4 laser using electro-optical feedback control
Author :
Iliev, Hristo ; Gagarsky, Sergey ; Stalnionis, A. ; Buchvarov, Ivan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Sofia Univ., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
We report mode-locked operation of a pulsed pumped Nd:YV04 laser using NFC emitting picosecond pulses enveloped in 60 μs pulses at 400 Hz repetition rate with ~1 mJ macro-pulse energy, and excellent beam quality (M2 <; 1,2). The quasi-steady operation and self mode locking of the laser is obtained, by introducing the NFC in the laser resonator.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; neodymium; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; electro-optical feedback control; frequency 400 Hz; laser resonator; picosecond pulses; pulsed pumped self mode locked laser; steady-state operation; time 60 mus; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942487