High power scaling of a passively modelocked laser oscillator in a bounce geometry.
In this paper we present the first operation and power scaling of a modelocked Nd:YVO4 bounce laser oscillator at 1064 nm. We obtain up to 16.7 W of average output power from 38 W of pump power, in a continuous-wave modelocked pulse train with 30 ps pulses at a repetition rate of 78 MHz. We then use a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA) configuration utilising another bounce amplifier, to achieve 60 W of modelocked output power.
Farrell
D J
DJ
Photonics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK. dominic.farrell00@imperial.ac.uk
Damzen
M J
MJ