Passive mode locking in a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 505-508

  Zhang, Sanjun ^a   Wu, E ^a   Pan, Haifeng ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CW mode locking; Diode pumped solid state laser; Nd:GdVO4; Q switched mode locking

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; Q SWITCHED MODE LOCKING; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRROR; SINGLE MODE LOCKED PULSE ENERGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 2442610830     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.826418     Document Type: Article

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