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  • Editor: Alan E. Willner
  • Vol. 37, Iss. 3 — Feb. 1, 2012
  • pp: 338–340

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Diode-pumped green Nd:YAG laser with Q-switch and mode locking

V. I. Donin, D. V. Yakovin, and A. V. Gribanov  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 338-340 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.000338


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Abstract

We propose a new method for achieving simultaneous operation of laser mode locking and the Q-switch technique using only a single acousto-optic modulator (AOM) with a traveling wave; this AOM was placed inside the cavity of a green-emission Nd:YAG laser. The further shortening of the lasing pulse duration from 40 ps to less than 3.25 ps was obtained by the formation of a Kerr lens in a doubling-frequency crystal. At average output power of 1.5 W and pulse repetition rate of the Q-switch equal to 2 kHz, the peak power in a steady-operating laser exceeded 50 MW.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 7, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 5, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 5, 2011
Published: January 20, 2012

Citation
V. I. Donin, D. V. Yakovin, and A. V. Gribanov, "Diode-pumped green Nd:YAG laser with Q-switch and mode locking," Opt. Lett. 37, 338-340 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-3-338

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