Optimization of passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser with the selectable pulse duration 15-70 ps

Milan Frank; Michal Jelínek; David Vyhlídal; Václav Kubeček

doi:10.1117/12.2263331

23 December 2016 Optimization of passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO₄ laser with the selectable pulse duration 15-70 ps

Milan Frank, Michal Jelínek, David Vyhlídal, Václav Kubeček

Proceedings Volume 10142, 20th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; 101421E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263331
Event: 20th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2016, Jasna, Slovakia

Abstract

In this paper the optimization of a continuously diode-pumped Nd:GdVO₄ laser oscillator in bounce geometry passively mode-locked using semiconductor saturable absorber mirror is presented. In the previous results the Nd:GdVO₄ laser system generating 30 ps pulses with the average output power of 6.9 W at the repetition rate of 200 MHz at the wavelength of 1063 nm was reported. Now we are demonstrating up to three times increase of peak power due to the optimization of mode-matching in the laser resonator. Depending on the oscillator configuration we obtained the stable continuously mode-locked operation with pulses having selectable duration from 15 ps to 70 ps with the average output power of 7 W and the repetition rate of 150 MHz.

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Milan Frank, Michal Jelínek, David Vyhlídal, and Václav Kubeček "Optimization of passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO₄ laser with the selectable pulse duration 15-70 ps", Proc. SPIE 10142, 20th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 101421E (23 December 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263331

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