Title :
High power mixed vanadate laser and modelocking with nonlinear mirror
Author :
Thomas, G.M. ; Omatsu, T. ; Damzen, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Blackett Lab. Phys., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
The paper presents the highest power mixed vanadate oscillator with an output power of 27.5 W in multi-mode operation and 23 W in TEM00. For the first time, a nonlinear mirror modelocking (NLM) mode-locked mixed vanadate laser, with average output power of 15 W is presented.
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser modes; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Gd0.6Y0.4VO4:Nd; TEM00 mode; fluorescence; high power mixed vanadate laser; modelocking; multimode operation; nonlinear mirror; power 23 W; power 27.5 W; Face;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942427