title: High-power, diode-end-pumped, multigigahertz self-mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser at 1342 nm.
abstract: We report on a high-power, diode-pumped, self-mode-locked laser at 1342 nm with the Kerr effect arising from large third-order nonlinearity of Nd:YVO(4) crystal. At the pump power of 10.2 W, the average output power of 1.2 W was generated with a repetition rate in the range of 2-6 GHz. The mode-locked pulse width can be smoothly varied from 11.5 to 37 ps by controlling the amount of spatial hole burning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 TA Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu, Taiwan 30050.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen