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We present the performance of diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser in Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking oscillation using a single-walled carbon nanotube based saturable absorber, which was fabricated using similar vertical evaporation technique. The average output power, repetition rate and pulse width of the Q-switched laser output were studied with different output couplers. The maximum average output power was 130 mW. For Q-switched mode-locking operation, the repetition rate of the mode-locked pulses concentrated in the Q-switched envelope was 58 MHz. The repetition rate of the Q-switched envelope maintained at 18 kHz, while the pulse width decreased along with the increasing of pump power. The maximum average output power was 53 mW.
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Pan, S.D., Wang, Y.G. & Tang, J. Diode-pumped passively Q-switched and Q-switch mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser using single-wall carbon nanotube based saturable absorber. Laser Phys. 21, 867–872 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X11090210
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