中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 44205-044205.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/4/044205

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Single output LD end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

夏帕克提, 于海娟, 闫平, 巩马理   

  1. Center for Photonics and Electronics, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-06-22 修回日期:2009-07-20 出版日期:2010-04-15 发布日期:2010-04-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University (Grant No.~SKLT08A05).

Single output LD end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Xia Pa-Keti(夏帕克提), Yu Hai-Juan(于海娟), Yan Ping(闫平), and Gong Ma-Li(巩马理)   

  1. Center for Photonics and Electronics, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2009-06-22 Revised:2009-07-20 Online:2010-04-15 Published:2010-04-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University (Grant No.~SKLT08A05).

摘要: A quarter-wave plate and the thin film polarizer (TFP) are used for the LD end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO$_{4}$ laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) to obtain a single beam output with a total power of 4.8~W. An optical--optical efficiency is achieved to be 24% for a stable CW mode-locking operation at 1064~nm, with a pulse repetition rate of 70~MHz and pulse width of 16~ps. The multipulse in the pulse sequence is eliminated for reaching a peak power as high as 4~kW.

Abstract: A quarter-wave plate and the thin film polarizer (TFP) are used for the LD end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO$_{4}$ laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) to obtain a single beam output with a total power of 4.8 W. An optical--optical efficiency is achieved to be 24% for a stable CW mode-locking operation at 1064 nm, with a pulse repetition rate of 70~MHz and pulse width of 16 ps. The multipulse in the pulse sequence is eliminated for reaching a peak power as high as 4~kW.

Key words: single output, passively mode-locked, semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

中图分类号:  (Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers)

  • 42.55.Rz
42.55.Xi (Diode-pumped lasers) 42.60.Da (Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings) 42.60.Fc (Modulation, tuning, and mode locking) 42.60.Lh (Efficiency, stability, gain, and other operational parameters) 42.65.Re (Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)