• DocumentCode
    521327
  • Title

    Nd:GdVO4 laser passively mode-locked by cascaded nonlinearity in periodically-poled lithium tantalate

  • Author

    Iliev, Hristo ; Popmintchev, Dimitar ; Buchvarov, Ivan ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Griebner, Uwe ; Petrov, Valentin

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Sofia Univ., Sofia, Bulgaria
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    PPMgSLT is used for mode-locking of a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser by intracavity SHG. Stable and self-starting operation is observed achieving output powers of up to 4.7 W and pulse durations as short as 3.2 ps.
  • Keywords
    gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser stability; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; diode-pumped lasers; intracavity second harmonic generation; passively mode-locked lasers; periodically-poled lithium tantalate; self-starting operation; stable operation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Solid lasers; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500943
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=521327