title: High efficiency passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4laser with direct in-band pumping at 914 nm.
abstract: We report on the performance of a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4laser with in-band pumping at 914 nm and with the highest slope efficiency to date among the mode-locked Nd-lasers. The laser produced 6.7 W of output power with repetition rate of 87 MHz and pulse duration of 16 ps. The slope efficiency of 77.1% and the optical-to-optical efficiency of 60.7% were achieved.
authors.forename: Tanant
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Waritanant
authors.forename: Arkady
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Major