Title :
1 MHz high energy passively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser
Author :
Papadopoulos, D. ; Forget, S. ; Balembois, F. ; George, P. ; Lévêque-Fort, S. ; Fontaine-Aupart, M.P.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire Charles Fabry del Inst. d´´Optique, Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate the operation of a 24 kW-peak-power, 16-picosecond diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ passively-mode-locked laser oscillator with the lowest repetition rate (below 1 MHz) ever generated without cavity dumping. Application to fluorescence lifetime imaging measurements is presented.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; laser applications in medicine; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 MHz; 16 ps; 24 kW; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; diode pumping; fluorescence lifetime imaging measurements; laser oscillator; passive mode-locking; repetition rate;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
