Passive mode locking of a Nd:YVO4 laser with an extra-long optical resonator

V. Z. Kolev; M. J. Lederer; B. Luther-Davies; A. V. Rode

doi:10.1364/OL.28.001275

Passive mode locking of a Nd:YVO₄ laser with an extra-long optical resonator

V. Z. Kolev^*, M. J. Lederer, B. Luther-Davies, A. V. Rode

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We describe a mode-locked, diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser with a very long optical cavity operating at 1064 nm. High-modulation, InGaAs quantum-well, semiconductor saturable-absorber mirrors were used for passive mode locking, providing a stable train of 13-ps pulses. A novel zero-q-transformation multipass cell provided a variable-length optical cavity as much as 100 m long. The output beam had M² < 1.1 at average powers of 4.1, 3.9, and 3.5 W at repetition rates of 4.1, 2.6, and 1.5 MHz, respectively. To the best of our knowledge the last of these is the lowest repetition rate ever generated directly from a mode-locked nonfiber solid-state laser without cavity dumping.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1275-1277
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.001275
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2003

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