title: Diode-pumped passively mode-locked multiwatt Nd:GdVO4 laser with a saturable Bragg reflector.
abstract: We report a first demonstration, to our knowledge, of a cw passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser (k = 1063 nm). A relaxed saturable Bragg reflector was used. The laser generates pulses of 9.2 ps at a repetition rate of 119 MHz. As much as 5.4 W of average power was realized with a slope efficiency of 25.7%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jing-Liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Chao-Kuei
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung Y John
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shing-Chung
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ci-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Kai-Feng
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Huang