Pulsed diode-pumped additive-pulse mode-locked high-peak-power Nd:YLF laser

Journal Article · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.21.000054· OSTI ID:434533

Heinz, P; Seilmeier, A ^[1]

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1. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth (Germany)

Intense ultrashort pulses are generated in an additive-pulse mode-locked, amplitude- feedback-controlled Nd:YLF laser pumped by quasi-cw laser diodes with a 30-Hz repetition rate. Pulse trains are produced that consist of approximately 600 single pulses of 2.1-ps duration and {approx_lt}1-{mu}J energy. The peak intensity is {approx_lt}0.5 MW, and a stability corresponding to a standard deviation of {approximately}1.3{percent} is measured. The optical efficiency of this all-solid-state mode-locked laser is determined to be {approximately}1{percent}. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 434533
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 21; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
EFFICIENCY
MODE LOCKING
NEODYMIUM LASERS
POWER RANGE 100-1000 KW
PULSE TECHNIQUES
STABILITY