Mode-locking operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064µm with Zakharov-Manakov solitons

Abstract

We report experimental results on the mode-locked operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 μm. The KTP crystal, which induces passive mode-locking, exploits the existence and properties of spatial Zakharov-Manakov soliton dynamics. A train of pulses with duration close to 100 ps, repetition rate of 136 MHz and modulation depth almost 100% has been produced. The mode-locked pulses are modulated with a longer 180 ns pulse envelope with repetition rate of 10 Hz. ns 100 psOscilloscope trace of a train of mode-locked 100 ps pulses of the flash-pumped Nd:YAG at 1.064 μm. Inset -selected modelocked pulse within the train

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Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic laser at 1319 nm with Co2+:LaMgAl11O19 crystal as the saturable absorber

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