DocumentCode
3000486
Title
Quasi CW Laser Diode Side Pumped Nd:YAG Slab Laser Passively Mode-locked Using Multiple Quantum Well Saturable Absorbers
Author
Zendzian, Waldemar ; Jabczynski, Jan K. ; Kwiatkowski, Jacek ; Kubecek, Vaclav ; Jelinkova, Helena ; Stintz, Andreas ; Diels, Jean-Claude
Author_Institution
Mil. Univ. of Technol., Warsaw
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Operation of Nd:YAG slab laser side pumped by quasi-continuous laser diode passively mode locked using semiconductor saturable absorber is reported. Trains with energy up to 2 mJ and pulse duration of 65 ps were generated.
Keywords
laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; quantum well devices; semiconductor quantum wells; solid lasers; Nd:YAG slab laser; YAG:Nd; multiple quantum well saturable absorbers; passive mode-locking; pulse generation; semiconductor saturable absorber; side pumping; time 65 ps; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Quantum well devices; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Slabs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452341
Filename
4452341
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