Abstract

A compact laser system that combines a GaP mode locker and a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser to produce 1064-nm pulses at 0.5- and 1-GHz repetition rates is described. Extension of this research using a Ti:sapphire-pumped Nd:YLF laser is also presented. Stable optical 1047-nm pulses with durations of 6.2 psec at a 1-GHz repetition rate have been produced.

© 1990 Optical Society of America

Two-gigahertz repetition-rate, diode-pumped, mode-locked Nd:YLF laser

K. J. Weingarten, D. C. Shannon, R. W. Wallace, and U. Keller
Opt. Lett. 15(17) 962-964 (1990)

1-GHz repetition-rate frequency-modulation mode-locked neodymium lasers at 1.3 μm

Feng Zhou, G. P. A. Malcolm, and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 16(14) 1101-1103 (1991)

Efficient short-pulse generation from a diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser with a piezoelectrically induced diffraction modulator

T. Juhasz, S. T. Lai, and M. A. Pessot
Opt. Lett. 15(24) 1458-1460 (1990)

High-frequency acousto-optic mode locker for picosecond pulse generation

U. Keller, K. D. Li, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, D. M. Bloom, K. J. Weingarten, and D. C. Gerstenberger
Opt. Lett. 15(1) 45-47 (1990)

Additive-pulse mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

G. P. A. Malcolm, P. F. Curley, and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 15(22) 1303-1305 (1990)