Compact diode-pumped all-solid-state femtosecond Cr4+:YAG laser

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作者
Ishida, Y
Naganuma, K
机构
[1] NTT Opto-electronics Laboratories, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, 243-01
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10.1364/OL.21.000051
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have developed a compact, all-solid-state self-mode-locked Cr4+:YAG laser. The laser is pumped by a cw laser-diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser and produces highly stable femtosecond pulses near 1.50 mu m. Measurements of noise power spectra for frequencies below 10 kHz show that the diode-pumped laser system greatly improves the output energy fluctuation and pulse timing jitter compared with a laser system that uses a conventional are-lamp-pumped cw Nd:YAG laser. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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