5.3-W Nd:YVO4 passively mode-locked laser by a novel semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Zhiqiang Cai; Wuqi Wen; Yonggang Wang; Zhigang Zhang; Xiaoyu Ma; Xin Ding; Jianquan Yao

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 3, Issue 6, 06342(2005)

Zhiqiang Cai^1、*, Wuqi Wen¹, Yonggang Wang^2,3, Zhigang Zhang^2,4, Xiaoyu Ma³, Xin Ding¹, and Jianquan Yao¹

¹Inst. Laser and Optoelectron., College of Prec. Instru. Opto-Electron. Eng., Tianjin University, Key Labor. Laser and Optoelectron. Info. Sci. Technol., MOE, Cooperated Inst. Nankai Univ. and Tianjin Univ.

²Tianjin University

³Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences

⁴Peking University

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We report a diode end-pumped continuous wave (CW) passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with a home-made semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The maximum average output power is 5.3 W at the incident pump power of 17 W, which corresponds to an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 31.2% and slope efficiency of 34.7%. The corresponding optical spectrum has a 0.2-nm full width at half maximum (FWHM), and the pulse repetition rate is 83 MHz.

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140.7090 320.5390 320.7090 diode-pumped 140.3480 lasers picosecond phenomena ultrafast lasers

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Zhiqiang Cai, Wuqi Wen, Yonggang Wang, Zhigang Zhang, Xiaoyu Ma, Xin Ding, Jianquan Yao, "5.3-W Nd:YVO4 passively mode-locked laser by a novel semiconductor saturable absorber mirror," Chin. Opt. Lett. 3, 06342 (2005)

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Received: Dec. 1, 2004

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jun. 6, 2006

The Author Email: Zhiqiang Cai (sailor123a@163.com)

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

Laser physics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology