2.6-watt average-power mode-locked ceramic Nd:YAG laser

Jeffrey A. Wisdom; David S. Hum; Michel J. F. Digonnet; Akio Ikesue; Martin M. Fejer; Robert L. Byer

doi:10.1117/12.714311

8 February 2007 2.6-watt average-power mode-locked ceramic Nd:YAG laser

Jeffrey A. Wisdom, David S. Hum, Michel J. F. Digonnet, Akio Ikesue, Martin M. Fejer, Robert L. Byer

Proceedings Volume 6469, Optical Components and Materials IV; 64690C (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714311
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2007, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We report a 1.2 at. % Nd:YAG ceramic pumped with an 808-nm laser diode, placed in a 1.92-m cavity, and passively mode-locked at 1064-nm with a 1% modulation depth SESAM. At a pump power of 11.1 W, this laser produced 2.6 W of average power with a slope efficiency of 27%. The pulse length was 26 ps at a repetition rate of 78 MHz. The ceramic exhibited no peak power degradation during a 20-hour test of doubling efficiency with periodically-poled, near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate.

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Jeffrey A. Wisdom, David S. Hum, Michel J. F. Digonnet, Akio Ikesue, Martin M. Fejer, and Robert L. Byer "2.6-watt average-power mode-locked ceramic Nd:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 6469, Optical Components and Materials IV, 64690C (8 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714311

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