Saturable Bragg reflector self-starting passive mode locking of a Cr{sup 4+}:YAG laser pumped with a diode-pumped Nd:YVO{sub 4} laser

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.21.001171· OSTI ID:383111

Collings, B C ^[1]; Stark, J B ^[2]; Tsuda, S; Knox, W H; Cunningham, J E; Jan, W Y; Pathak, R ^[3]; Bergman, K ^[4]

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1. J303 Engineering Quad, Princeton University, Olden Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
2. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 (United States)
3. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733 (United States)
4. Engineering Quad, Princeton University, Olden Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)

We demonstrate self-starting passive mode locking of a Cr{sup 4+}:YAG laser, using an intracavity nonlinear mirror as a saturable absorber. The pump source is a diode-pumped Nd:YVO{sub 4} laser. Output pulses are centered at 1541nm, with 26-nm spectral bandwidth and 110-fs pulse width. Output powers of 70mW are obtained with 8W of pump power. This mode locking technique is compared with Kerr-lens mode locking. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 383111
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Vol. 21, Issue 15; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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