Title :
Low cost 60 ps, 1.33 MW peak power, 50 kHz repetition rate pulsed microchip laser fiber amplifier system
Author :
Nodop, D. ; Schmidt, O. ; Limpert, J. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Guina, M. ; Hohmuth, R. ; Richter, W.
Author_Institution :
Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a simple, inexpensive and compact picosecond laser source consisting of a monolithic microchip laser and a fiber based double-pass amplifier. The microchip laser consists of a 200 mum thick, 3% doped Nd:YVO4 crystal directly glued onto a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. It is pumped with a fiber coupled diode laser at 808 nm and a pump power of 500 mW. The laser generates 60 ps pulses at a repetition rate of 50 kHz and a pulse energy of 0.75 muJ.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; light sources; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; energy 0.75 muJ; fiber coupled diode laser; fiber-based double-pass amplifier; laser pulse generation; monolithic microchip laser; picosecond laser source; power 1.33 MW; power 500 mW; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; size 200 mum; time 60 ps; wavelength 808 nm; Costs; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Microchip lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386499
