Title :
Picoseconds pulse generation with a Nd:GGG laser operating on quasi-three-level transition
Author :
Zhang, Yongdong ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Xu, Changwen ; Zhou, Binbin ; Li, Dehua ; Zhang, Zhiguo ; Jiang, Haihe ; Yin, Shaotang ; Zhang, Qinli ; Sun, Dunlu
Author_Institution :
Anhui Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Hefei, China
Abstract :
We presented the first demonstration of a mode-locked Nd:GGG laser on quasi-three-level transition. With a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror for passively mode-locking, 24.7 ps laser pulses had been obtained at the wavelength of 937.4 nm.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; Nd; mode-locked laser; passively mode-locking; picoseconds pulse generation; quasi-three-level transition; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; time 24.7 ps; wavelength 937.4 nm; Autocorrelation; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Thermal conductivity; Nd:GGG; mode-locking; quasi-three-level;
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.2009.5292534
