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Mode-locking of diode laser-pumped solid-state lasers

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Mode-locked diode-pumped solid state lasers have become important sources for efficient and reliable short pulse generation. We review techniques for active mode-locking of diode-pumped lasers, highlighting techniques which have produced much shorter pulse durations than previous technologies and extended operating repetition rates to the several gigahertz regime. To achieve even shorter pulse durations a series of nonlinear passive mode-locking techniques have been developed. Self-starting additive pulse mode-locking, resonant passive mode-locking and self-mode-locking of diode-pumped solid-state lasers are described.

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Malcolm, G.P.A., Ferguson, A.I. Mode-locking of diode laser-pumped solid-state lasers. Opt Quant Electron 24, 705–717 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00620151

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