Compact semiconductor absorber mode-locked Nd:YAG laser

Author

Griebner, U. ; Leitner, M. ; Glas, P. ; Ozygus, B. ; Hey, R. ; Daweritz, I.

Author_Institution

Max-Born Inst., Berlin, Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report on laser action of an end-on diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser mode-locked by a multiple quantum well (MQW) saturable absorber. The absorber is especially designed to give a high modulation depth. The air cooled Nd:YAG gain-module, pumped by 18 W of fiber coupled diode emission delivers in a very compact configuration 6W of cw output power. This gain module is applied in a four-mirror type-Z cavity including a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM).

Keywords

cooling; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; modules; neodymium; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; solid lasers; 18 W; 6 W; MQW saturable absorber; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; air-cooled Nd:YAG gain-module; compact semiconductor absorber mode-locked Nd:YAG laser; cw-output power; end-on diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser; fiber coupled diode emission; four-mirror type-Z cavity; gain-module; high modulation depth; multiple quantum well; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; very compact configuration; Electrons; Laser mode locking; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Optical pulses; Reflectivity; Semiconductor lasers; Solids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909933

Filename

909933