Optically-pumped saturable absorber for fast switching between continuous-wave and passively mode-locked regimes of a Nd:YVO4 laser

V.G. Savitski; D. Burns; S. Calvez

doi:10.1364/OE.17.005373

Optically-pumped saturable absorber for fast switching between continuous-wave and passively mode-locked regimes of a Nd:YVO4 laser

V.G. Savitski, D. Burns, S. Calvez

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Abstract

We report on the fast (~50 μs) remote-controlled switching between continuous-wave (cw), cw mode-locked (ML) and Q-switched ML modes of operation of a Nd:YVO4 laser using an optically-pumped saturable absorber (SA). Pulses as short as 40 ps with an average output power of 0.5 W are obtained in cw ML regime.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5373-5378
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	17
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.005373
Publication status	Published - 30 Mar 2009

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lasers
neodymium
laser optics
mode-locked lasers

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MUSIC: MODULAR ULTRAFAST SOURCES
Calvez, S. (Principal Investigator), Burns, D. (Co-investigator) & Dawson, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/09/07 → 30/09/11
Project: Research
ADVANCED SOLID STATE LASER SOURCES AND SYSTEMS
Ferguson, A. (Principal Investigator), Burns, D. (Co-investigator), Calvez, S. (Co-investigator), Dawson, M. (Co-investigator), Girkin, J. (Co-investigator), Hastie, J. (Co-investigator) & Kemp, A. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/06 → 30/09/11
Project: Research

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