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Optics Express

  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 14, Iss. 6 — Mar. 20, 2006
  • pp: 2184–2190

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Q-switched mode locking with acousto-optic modulator in a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser

Jan Jabczynski, Waldemar Zendzian, and Jacek Kwiatkowski  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 6, pp. 2184-2190 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.002184


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Abstract

The Q-Switched Mode Locking (QML) regime provides the generation of relatively high peak power picosecond pulses train with energies of a few μJ each in a simple resonator. The fully modulated efficient QML regime was demonstrated in the diode pumped Nd:YVO4 laser. The acousto-optic cell playing a double role of Q-switch and Mode Locker was located near flat output coupler. The two folding mirrors were mounted on the translation stages for matching the resonance frequency of the cavity to the radio frequency of acousto-optic modulator. The QML pulses with envelope durations of 100-150 ns and near 100% modulation depth were observed for wide range of pump powers and repetition rates. Up to 3 W of output average power, 100 μJ of the envelope energy, having approximately 5-8 mode locked pulses were achieved.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 22, 2005
Revised Manuscript: December 15, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: March 2, 2006
Published: March 20, 2006

Citation
Jan Jabczynski, Waldemar Zendzian, and Jacek Kwiatkowski, "Q-switched mode locking with acousto-optic modulator in a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser," Opt. Express 14, 2184-2190 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-6-2184


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