Quasi-continuously pumped picosecond Nd:GdVO4 oscillator-amplifier system in bounce geometry

Author

Jelinek, Michal ; Kubecek, Vaclav ; Hirsl, Petr ; Cech, Miroslav

Author_Institution

Fac. of Nucl. Sci. & Phys. Eng., Czech Tech. Univ., Prague, Czech Republic

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We have reported efficient mode locking of a Nd:YVO₄ and Nd:GdVO₄ slab lasers in a single bounce geometry, pumped by a 100 W QCW diode array and mode-locked using a semiconductor multiple quantum well saturable absorber in transmission mode. In this paper we report about the investigation of amplification of the pulses in the second Nd:GdVO₄ slab also in bounce geometry in the single and double pass configuration.

Keywords

gadolinium compounds; geometrical optics; laser beams; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; QCW diode array; bounce geometry; double pass configuration; laser mode locking; optical pulse amplification; optical saturable absorber; picosecond oscillator-amplifier system; power 100 W; quasicontinuously pumped laser; semiconductor multiple quantum well; transmission mode; Geometrical optics; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical arrays; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor laser arrays; Slabs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192298

Filename

5192298