Q-switched mode-locking by Cr4+:YAG in a laser-diode-pumped c-cut Nd:GdVO4 laser

Sanjun Zhang; E. Wu; Heping Zeng

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2003.12.013

Q-switched mode-locking by Cr⁴⁺:YAG in a laser-diode-pumped c-cut Nd:GdVO₄ laser

Sanjun Zhang^*
, E. Wu
, Heping Zeng

^*Corresponding author for this work

East China Normal University

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Abstract

We demonstrated passively Q-switched mode-locking in a laser-diode pumped c-cut Nd:GdVO₄ laser with a Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal as the intracavity saturable absorber. At a pump power of 17.3 W, the Q-switched envelope repetition rate was 37 kHz with the maximum average output power of 2. 1 W, while the mode-locked pulses within the Q-switched envelope had a repetition rate of 143 MHz. Experimental comparison between c-cut and a-cut Nd:GdVO₄ lasers indicated that the c-cut Nd:GdVO₄ was more suitable for Q-switched mode-locking.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	365-369
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	231
Issue number	1-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2003.12.013
State	Published - 15 Feb 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Diode-pumped laser
Mode-locking
Q-switching
Solid state lasers

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Q-switched mode-locking by Cr⁴⁺:YAG in a laser-diode-pumped c-cut Nd:GdVO₄ laser

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