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888 nm pumped 1342 nm Nd:YVO4 oscillator Kerr-lens mode-locked using cascaded second-order nonlinearities

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We report on a parametric Kerr-lens mode-locked 888 nm pumped Nd:YVO4 1342 nm oscillator using cascaded second-order nonlinearities in LBO. Stable ps-pulse-operation was achieved. For an output coupling of T=25% high average output power of 6.5 W, emitting Fourier-limited pulses with a duration of 10 ps was reached. By changing the output coupling to T=10%, we achieved much shorter pulses with a pulse duration of 4 ps for less lower average power of 4.8 W. The beam was diffraction limited with an M 2 parameter better than <1.05.

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  1. Photonik-Zentrum Kaiserslautern e.V., Kohlenhofstrasse 10, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    F. Lenhardt, C. Schäfer, C. Theobald & J. A. L’huillier

  2. Xiton Photonics GmbH, Kohlenhofstrasse 10, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    M. Nittmann & J. Bartschke

  3. Lumera Laser GmbH, Opelstrasse 10, 67655, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    R. Knappe

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Lenhardt, F., Schäfer, C., Theobald, C. et al. 888 nm pumped 1342 nm Nd:YVO4 oscillator Kerr-lens mode-locked using cascaded second-order nonlinearities. Appl. Phys. B 106, 5–8 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4832-5

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