Title :
CW and Q-switched mode-locking of a Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser with a GaAs wafer
Author :
Shen, D.Y. ; Tang, D.Y. ; Lu, C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We demonstrate the CW mode locking in a Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser by using a single crystal GaAs wafer as the saturable absorber as well as the output coupler. We show that by simply changing the laser power density in the GaAs wafer either a pure CW mode locking or a Q-switched mode locking can be achieved.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical couplers; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; CW mode locking; GaAs; GaAs wafer; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; Q-switched mode locking; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; laser power density; output coupler; pure CW mode locking; saturable absorber; single crystal GaAs wafer; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor device modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033548
