Multi-GHz tunable-repetition-rate mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser.
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چکیده
We report on a simple design for a multi-GHz tunable-repetition-rate diode-pumped picosecond laser. Using a plano-Brewster Nd:GdVO4 crystal in a V-folded cavity employing only readily available commercial components, we achieved passive mode-locking with 4.4-ps pulses tunable in the range 2.5-2.7 GHz. This laser is meant to be employed in the MIR experiment that aims at the detection of the Schwinger radiation (dynamical Casimir effect).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 13 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005