Efficient dual-wavelength diode-end-pumped laser with a diffusion-bonded Nd: YVO4/Nd: GdVO4 crystal

Y. J. Huang, H. H. Cho, Y. S. Tzeng, H. C. Liang, Kuan-Wei Su, Yung-Fu Chen*

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Abstract

A new type of diffusion-bonded Nd:YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 heterocomposite crystal is originally designed and applied to diode-end-pumped laser for achieving an efficient dual-comb picosecond operation with selfmode locking for the first time. As high as 1.1 W of the total average output power at 1063.18 and 1064.37 nm is generated under an incident pump power of 5.1 W. The corresponding mode-locked pulse width is 42 ps at a pulse repetition rate of 3.82 GHz. Through the optical beating between two carrier frequencies of each spectral component, a train of ultrashort pulses with sub-terahertz repetition rate is further generated with the effective duration of down to 1.6 ps.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2136-2141
Number of pages6
JournalOptical Materials Express
Volume5
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2015

Keywords

  • HIGH-POWER
  • CONTINUOUS-WAVE
  • NM
  • OPERATION

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