Title :
Passively mode-locked 912nm Nd:GdVO4 laser
Author :
Zhang, Ling ; Zhang, Chi ; Li, Dehua ; Zhang, Chunyu ; Long, Yongbin ; Zhang, Zhiguo ; Wei, Zhiyi
Author_Institution :
Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
We demonstrated a mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser of operating at 912 nm. Using a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking, stable output power of 22.6 mW is obtained at a repetition rate of 176 MHz.
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; neodymium; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; frequency 176 MHz; output power; passively mode-locked laser; power 22.6 mW; repetition rate; semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror; wavelength 912 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Optical fiber polarization; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; (140.3530) Lasers, neodymium; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628499
