Abstract
Diode-pumped single-mode solid-state lasers have many advantages in coherent lidars, coherent optical communications, and high-resolution spectroscopy applications. In the last decade, single mode solid-state lasers have been constructed and demonstrated using several different gain media and a variety of techniques, including ring lasers, microchip lasers, and intracavity waveplates to prevent spatial hole burning.1−2 In this paper, a diode-pumped, single-mode CW and passively Q-switched solid-state laser using an ultra-thin Nd:YVO4 crystal as the gain medium has been presented.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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