Abstract
We report on a high-power, diode-pumped, self-mode-locked laser at 1342 nm with the Kerr effect arising from large third-order nonlinearity of Nd; YVO 4 crystal. At the pump power of 10.2 W, the average output power of 1.2 W was generated with a repetition rate in the range of 2-6 GHz. The mode-locked pulse width can be smoothly varied from 11.5 to 37 ps by controlling the amount of spatial hole burning.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-6 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |