Title :
Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd: GSAG laser at 942nm
Author :
Xu, Changwen ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Zhang, Yongdong ; Li, Dehua ; Zhang, Zhiguo ; Wang, X. ; Kallmeyer, F. ; Wang, S. ; Ding, A. ; Eichler, H.J. ; Zhang, Chunyu ; Gao, Chunqing
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Stable mode-locking laser pulse at 942 nm by diode-pumped Nd:GSAG laser has been demonstrated for the first time. We obtained 8.7 ps pulses at repetition rate of 95.6 MHz and average output power of 220 mW.
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pumping; scandium compounds; solid lasers; Gd3Sc2Al3O12:Nd; diode-pumped lasers; frequency 95.6 MHz; passively mode-locked laser; power 220 mW; solid lasers; wavelength 942 nm; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Nd:GSAG; diode pump; picosecond; quasi-three levellaser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292310
