A diode-pumped actively Q-switched and modelocked Nd:GdVO4 laser with great average output power and high efficiency was realized by using a comparative simple configuration and a short cavity length. The laser generates stable mode-locked pulses of estimated width 240 ps lying underneath a Q-switched envelope of width 170 ns with a Q-switch modulation frequency of 10 kHz. The modulation depth was more than 90% and the mode-locked pulse inside the Q-switched pulse has a repetition rate of 390 MHz.

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By using LT-GaAs as saturable absorber, we have demonstrated the stable Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) Nd:LuVO 4 laser run in a Z-type folded cavity. Nearly 100% modulation depth of mode locking can be obtained as long as the pump power reaches the oscillation threshold. The repetition rate of the passively Q-switched pulse envelops ranges from 37.5 to 139 kHz as the pump power increased from 1.7 to 8.2 W. The mode-locked pulse inside the Q-switched envelop has an estimated pulse width of about 220 ps and a repetition rate of 111 MHz. Under an incident pump power of 8.2 W, the highest pulse energy of 6 μJ of each Q-switched envelope, and the highest peak power about 2.73 kW of Q-switched mode-locked pulses can be obtained. The CW and Q-switched mode-locking output powers versus the incident pump power

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