title: Low-timing-jitter high-power mode-locked 1063 nm Nd:GdVO₄ master oscillator power amplifier.
abstract: A low-timing-jitter high-power semiconductor saturable absorber mirror mode-locked picosecond (ps) 1063 nm Nd:GdVO4 master oscillator power amplifier is presented. Using a single-pass Nd:GdVO4 amplifier, an amplified laser with 21.5 W output power and 8.3 ps pulsewidth was achieved at 250 MHz repetition rate. Employing a servo control, an average RMS timing jitter of ∼222  fs was realized. This laser can be used as a drive laser for photocathode injectors in free-electron lasers.
authors.forename: Zhi-min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng-feng
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Qin-jun
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Da-fu
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Zu-yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Xu