Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10 (7): 071402, Published Online: May. 17, 2012  

Passively mode-locked Tm,Ho:YVO4 laser based on a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

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Abstract
We report the demonstration of passively continuous-wave mode-locking (CWML) of diode-pumped Tm,Ho:YVO4 laser using an InGaAs/GaAs multiple quantum-well (MQW) structure semiconductor as the saturable absorber. Stable mode-locking pulses at the central wavelength of 2 041 nm are obtained. The maximum output power is 151 mW. The pulse duration is 4.7 ps at the repetition rate of 64.3 MHz.
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Baoquan Yao, Wei Wang, Kuaikuai Yu, Gnag Li, Yuezhu Wang. Passively mode-locked Tm,Ho:YVO4 laser based on a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(7): 071402.

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