Resonantly pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Er:YVO4 laser

Viktor Fromzel; Nikolay Ter-Gabrielyan

doi:10.1117/12.2181873

20 May 2015 Resonantly pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Er:YVO₄ laser

Viktor Fromzel, Nikolay Ter-Gabrielyan

Proceedings Volume 9466, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XI; 946608 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181873
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

We report on a Kerr lens, self-mode-locked Er³⁺:YVO₄ laser, based on the high third order nonlinearity of the gain medium. The Er³⁺:YVO₄ is resonantly pumped by a CW Er-fiber laser into the absorption band around 1538 nm and operates at ~ 1604 nm with a 1.8 W average output power and ~ 40% slope efficiency relative to the absorbed pump. The laser yields a pulse train at a 240 MHz repetition rate. The pulsewidth is estimated to fall between 15 and 100 psec.

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Viktor Fromzel and Nikolay Ter-Gabrielyan "Resonantly pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Er:YVO₄ laser", Proc. SPIE 9466, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XI, 946608 (20 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181873

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