title: High-power diode-pumped picosecond Nd(3+):YVO(4) laser.
abstract: A diode-pumped Nd(3+):YVO(4) laser passively mode locked by a nonlinear mirror based on second-harmonic generation has been developed. Pumping with a fiber-coupled 10-W diode array, we generated nearly diffraction limited, linearly polarized 11-ps pulses at 1064nm, with average power of 2.7 W at a 150-MHz repetition rate. Pulses as short as 7.9 ps were measured with reduced output power (1.35 W) by optimal focusing in the nonlinear crystal.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agnesi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pennacchio
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Reali
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kubecek