Title :
Single-bar end-pumped picosecond quasi-CW Nd:YAG laser
Author :
Agnesi, A. ; Dell´Acqua, S. ; Reali, G.C.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Pavia Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only given. All-solid-state compact sources of stable, intense picosecond pulses were recently reported, employing nonlinear mirror (NLM) mode-locking. These devices may even become tunable by using parametric amplifiers, and are attractive for several scientific and practical applications, being significantly simpler than traditional oscillator-amplifier systems. We introduce an end-pumped diffraction-limited picosecond Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm with a 5-times improved efficiency with respect to a previous side pumped design, allowed by the development of a cost effective pump geometry, and provide an extensive characterisation of the NLM operation.
Keywords :
garnets; laser mode locking; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 1064 nm; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; cost effective pump geometry; nonlinear mirror mode-locking; single-bar end-pumped picosecond quasi-CW Nd:YAG laser; Costs; Diffraction; Geometrical optics; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical design; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833954
