NONLINEAR MIRROR MODE-LOCKING OF A CW NDYLF LASER

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作者
DANAILOV, MB
CERULLO, G
MAGNI, V
SEGALA, D
DESILVESTRI, S
机构
[1] Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico, Centro di Elettronica Quantistica e Strumentazione Elettronica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, 20133
[2] Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia
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10.1364/OL.19.000792
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Passive mode locking of a cw lamp-pumped Nd:YLF laser with the nonlinear mirror technique is reported. Nearly transform-limited pulses of 13-ps duration and 1.5-W average Power at 1.047 mum have been obtained. The nonlinear mirror consists of a lithium triborate frequency-doubling crystal and a dichroic mirror with high reflectivity for the second harmonic and lower reflectivity for the fundamental frequency. The mode-locking process is self-starting, with pulse duration and stability strongly dependent on the cavity parameters.
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页码:792 / 794
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