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Controllable high repetition rate gain-switched Nd:YVO4 microchip laser

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We demonstrated a monolithic, compact, diode-pumped gain-switched Nd:YVO4 laser at 1.064 μm wavelength with controllable repetition rate of 1 Hz to 25 kHz. Stable gain-switched pulse train with maximum repetition rate of 25 kHz and pulse width of 16 ns was obtained.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instruments, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Sheng Fang, Chen Jun & Ge Jian-hong

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  1. Sheng Fang
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Project (No. 10076015) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Fang, S., Jun, C. & Jian-hong, G. Controllable high repetition rate gain-switched Nd:YVO4 microchip laser. J. Zheijang Univ.-Sci. A 6, 79–82 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1631/BF02847970

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