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A passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with a carbon nanotube saturable absorber

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We report the mode locking of a diode pumped Nd:YVO4 crystal laser by using a transmission-type single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber. The laser operated at 1064 nm pumped by a fiber coupled laser diode with the cavity length of 1826 mm, generated a pulse width of 14 ps at a repetition rate of 82 MHz. The output power of 120 mW was obtained at the absorbed pumping power of 1400 mW.

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  1. College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China

    H. B. Qin & Z. Zhuo

  2. School of Information Science and Engineering, and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Application, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China

    Z. Zhuo

  3. Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

    Y. G. Wang

  4. Department of Chemistry, Duke University, FFSC2246, 124 Science Dr., Box 90354, Durham, NC, 27708-0354, USA

    H. B. Zhang & J. Liu

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Qin, H.B., Wang, Y.G., Zhang, H.B. et al. A passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with a carbon nanotube saturable absorber. Laser Phys. 22, 684–687 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X12040160

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