Title :
Mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser with 157 GHz repetition rate
Author :
Krainer, L. ; Maletinsky, P.M. ; Moser, M. ; Paschotta, R. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Recently, we have demonstrated passively mode-locked miniature Nd:YVO/sub 4/ lasers with up to 77 GHz repetition rate. Here we show that mode locking is possible even at /spl ap/157 GHz, although this repetition rate is already /spl ap/60% of the FWHM gain bandwidth so that most of the power is delivered in a single longitudinal mode. Nevertheless the pulses are still reasonably well separated. We also show that Q-switching instabilities can be suppressed even at these high pulse repetition rates.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 157 GHz repetition rate; FWHM gain bandwidth; Q-switching instabilities; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; high pulse repetition rates; mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; single longitudinal mode; Bandwidth; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034064
