Mode locking of diode- and flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers

Andrej Dombrovsky; Vaclav Kubecek; K. Zvonicek; Jean-Claude M. Diels; Andreas Stintz

doi:10.1117/12.498258

8 July 2003 Mode locking of diode- and flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers

Andrej Dombrovsky, Vaclav Kubecek, K. Zvonicek, Jean-Claude M. Diels, Andreas Stintz

Proceedings Volume 5036, Photonics, Devices, and Systems II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498258
Event: Photonics, Devices, and Systems II, 2002, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Operation of laser diode and flash lamp pumped Nd:YAG lasers mode locked with two different types of semiconductor saturable absorbers is reported. In the first type that is used mainly in diode pumped systems the absorber layers are integrated on highly reflective Bragg mirror. The second type is for use in transmission mode inside the resonator. Different design of semiconductor elements, pumping geometries and resonator configurations were investigated and characteristics of laser operation in mode-locked regime are presented.

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Andrej Dombrovsky, Vaclav Kubecek, K. Zvonicek, Jean-Claude M. Diels, and Andreas Stintz "Mode locking of diode- and flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers", Proc. SPIE 5036, Photonics, Devices, and Systems II, (8 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498258

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