FM mode-locked, laser-diode-pumped La_1-x Nd_xMgAl₁₁O₁₉ Laser

Abstract

We report the operation of a laser diode pumped La_1-xNd_xMgAl₁₁O₁₉ laser mode locked by an electro-optic phase modulator The repetition rate of the laser was 230 MHz, and the average output power was 50 mW when pumped by a 500-mW broad-stripe laser diode. Transform-limited pulses of 14 ps duration were obtained We have also demonstrated the FM operation of this laser, with bandwidths of up to 440 GHz being obtained

Applied Optics (1993) Vol.32(30) pp.5958-5961

doi: 10.1364/AO.32.005958

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