Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192298
