Efficient intracavity frequency doubling of a passively mode-locked diode-pumped neodymium lanthanum scandium borate laser
- Ultrafast Laser Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hoenngerberg-HPT, Zuerich, (Switzerland) CH-8093
- Institute of Laser-Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 9a, Hamburg, (Germany) D-20355
We passively mode locked a diode-pumped neodymium lanthanum scandium borate laser with an antiresonant Fabry{endash}Perot saturable absorber and achieved 2.8-ps pulses at an average output power of 400mW and a pump power of 1.2W. With Ti:sapphire laser pumping we obtained pulses as short as 1.6ps. Intracavity doubling produced 190mW of 531-nm light for a diode-pump power of 1.2W, resulting in a conversion efficiency of 48{percent} with respect to the fundamental and 16{percent} with respect to the diode-pump power. Noise characterization of the laser demonstrates a trade-off between high conversion efficiency and low intensity noise. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 436482
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 21; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Diode-pumped mode-locked Nd:glass lasers with an antiresonant Fabry--Perot saturable absorber
Cerium scandium borate - an active nonlinear medium for diode-pumped lasers
All-solid-state self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser
Journal Article
·
Mon May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1995
· Optics Letters
·
OSTI ID:165276
Cerium scandium borate - an active nonlinear medium for diode-pumped lasers
Journal Article
·
Fri Jan 30 23:00:00 EST 1998
· Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)
·
OSTI ID:21435900
All-solid-state self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser
Journal Article
·
Mon Nov 14 23:00:00 EST 1994
· Optics Letters
·
OSTI ID:164958