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Mode-locked diode-pumped vanadate lasers operated with PbS quantum dots

Authors :
A. A. Sirotkin
Alexander I. Zagumennyi
L. Di Labio
Ivan A Shcherbakov
Willy Lüthy
Yu. D. Zavartsev
Thomas Feurer
S. A. Kutovoi
A. A. Onushchenko
V. I. Vlasov
Source :
Sirotkin, A.A.; Di Labio, L.; Zagumennyi, A.I.; Zavartsev, Yu.D.; Kutovoi, S.A.; Vlasov, V.I.; Lüthy, W.; Feurer, T.; Onushchenko, A.A.; Shcherbakov, I.A. (2009). Mode-locked diode-pumped vanadate lasers operated with PbS quantum dots. Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 94(3), pp. 375-379. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00340-008-3347-1
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The use of glasses doped with PbS nanocrystals as intracavity saturable absorbers for passive Q-switching and mode locking of c-cut Nd:Gd0.7Y0.3VO4, Nd:YVO4, and Nd:GdVO4 lasers is investigated. Q-switching yields pulses as short as 35 ns with an average output power of 435 mW at a repetition rate of 6–12 kHz at a pump power of 5–6 W. Mode locking through a combination of PbS nanocrystals and a Kerr lens results in 1.4 ps long pulses with an average output power of 255 mW at a repetition rate of 100 MHz.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sirotkin, A.A.; Di Labio, L.; Zagumennyi, A.I.; Zavartsev, Yu.D.; Kutovoi, S.A.; Vlasov, V.I.; L&#252;thy, W.; Feurer, T.; Onushchenko, A.A.; Shcherbakov, I.A. (2009). Mode-locked diode-pumped vanadate lasers operated with PbS quantum dots. Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 94(3), pp. 375-379. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00340-008-3347-1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3347-1>
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4159dbeb6382ff1a7856a2ed4ac14b7b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3347-1