Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:KGd(WO_4 )_2 laser with 1-W average output power

Major, A. and Langford, N. and Graf, T. and Burns, D. and Ferguson, A.I. (2002) Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:KGd(WO_4 )_2 laser with 1-W average output power. Optics Letters, 27 (16). pp. 1478-1480. ISSN 0146-9592 (http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=6972...)

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Abstract

Continuous-wave passive mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd:KGd (WO_4 )_2 laser is demonstrated. The use of a saturable Bragg reflector as the mode-locking element permits the generation of 6.3-ps pulses, assuming a sech^2 pulse shape. An output power of 1 W was obtained, which corresponds to a slope efficiency of 34.5%.