Danailov MB, Cerullo G, Magni V, Segala D, De Silvestri S. Nonlinear mirror mode locking of a cw Nd:YLF laser.
OPTICS LETTERS 1994;
19:792-794. [PMID:
19844447 DOI:
10.1364/ol.19.000792]
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Abstract
Passive mode locking of a cw lamp-pumped Nd:YLF laser with the nonlinear mirror technique is reported. Nearly transform-limited pulses of 13-ps duration and 1.5-W average power at 1.047 microm have been obtained. The nonlinear mirror consists of a lithium triborate frequency-doubling crystal and a dichroic mirror with high reflectivity for the second harmonic and lower reflectivity for the fundamental frequency. The mode-locking process is self-starting, with pulse duration and stability strongly dependent on the cavity parameters.
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