title: Multi-GHz tunable-repetition-rate mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser.
abstract: We report on a simple design for a multi-GHz tunable-repetition-rate diode-pumped picosecond laser. Using a plano-Brewster Nd:GdVO4 crystal in a V-folded cavity employing only readily available commercial components, we achieved passive mode-locking with 4.4-ps pulses tunable in the range 2.5-2.7 GHz. This laser is meant to be employed in the MIR experiment that aims at the detection of the Schwinger radiation (dynamical Casimir effect).
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agnesi
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pirzio
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomaselli
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reali
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braggio