High power scaling of a passively modelocked laser oscillator in a bounce geometry

被引：22

作者：

Farrell, D. J. ^{[1
]}

Damzen, M. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BW, England

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2007年 / 15卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.15.004781

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

In this paper we present the first operation and power scaling of a modelocked Nd:YVO4 bounce laser oscillator at 1064nm. We obtain up to 16.7W of average output power from 38W of pump power, in a continuous-wave modelocked pulse train with 30ps pulses at a repetition rate of 78MHz. We then use a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier ( MOPA) configuration utilising another bounce amplifier, to achieve 60W of modelocked output power. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America

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页码：4781 / 4786

页数：6

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