Abstract

A mode-locked Nd:YLF laser is described, which uses two diode-pumped Nd:YLF rods and intracavity doubling in LiB₃O₅ to give an all-solid-state source of high-beam-quality 659-nm red light suitable for pumping Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:LiSAF. Significant increases in the quantity of 659-nm light produced on active mode locking of the laser are characterized. Reductions in the noise characteristics of the 659-nm output by detuning the mode-locking frequency from cavity resonance indicate a preferential mode of operation for this device.

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Femtosecond pulses from an all-solid-state Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser

J. R. Lincoln, M. J. P. Dymott, and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(16) 1210-1212 (1994)

All-solid-state actively mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser

M. J. P. Dymott, I. M. Botheroyd, G. J. Hall, J. R. Lincoln, and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(9) 634-636 (1994)

All-solid-state self-mode locking of a Nd:YLF laser

J. R. Lincoln and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(24) 2119-2121 (1994)

Generation of single-frequency radiation at 1064, 1319, and 659.5 nm with an all-solid-state, out-of-plane Nd:YAG ring laser

G. J. Hall and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 19(8) 557-559 (1994)

28W red light output at 659.5nm by intracavity frequency doubling of a Nd:YAG laser using LBO

Haibo Peng, Wei Hou, Yahui Chen, Dafu Cui, Zuyan Xu, Chuantian Chen, Feidie Fan, and Yong Zhu
Opt. Express 14(9) 3961-3967 (2006)