title: Saturable Bragg reflector self-starting passive mode locking of a Cr(4+):YAG laser pumped with a diode-pumped Nd:YVO(4) laser.
abstract: We demonstrate self-starting passive mode locking of a Cr (4+):YAG laser, using an intracavity nonlinear mirror as a saturable absorber. The pump source is a diode-pumped Nd:YVO(4) laser. Output pulses are centered at 1541 nm, with 26-nm spectral bandwidth and 110-fs pulse width. Output powers of 70 mW are obtained with 8 W of pump power. This mode locking technique is compared with Kerr-lens mode locking.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Collings
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bergman