Title :
Self giant pulse generation in a diode-pumped Nd: YVO4 laser
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, Tunghai University, Taiwan, the Republic of China, hhwu@mail.thu.edu.tw
Abstract :
Spontaneous generation of giant pulses with pulse widths as short as 2.4 ns at repetition rate around 10 kHz were observed from a diode-pumped Nd: YVO4 laser. The relevant mechanism are examined and reported.
Keywords :
Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical pulse generation; Optical reflection; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569710
