title: 56-ps passively Q-switched diode-pumped microchip laser.
abstract: We passively Q switched a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 microchip crystal with an antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber and achieved single-frequency pulses as short as 56 ps. We can vary the pulse width from 56 ps to 30 ns and the repetition rate from 27 kHz up to 7 MHz by changing the design parameters of the saturable absorber and the pump power.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Kärtner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keller