Abstract
A passive mode locking Nd:YAG waveguide laser with a gigahertz pulse repetition rate is presented. Single-layer graphene is used as the saturable absorber. A tubular waveguide in the active medium was developed to provide generation of only the fundamental transverse mode. Due to this approach, stable generation of pulses with a duration of < 20 ps and a repetition rate of 9.8 GHz was achieved.
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Russian Text © M.V. Ponarina, A.G. Okhrimchuk, M.G. Rybin, P.A. Obraztsov, 2019, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2019, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 35–40.
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Ponarina, M.V., Okhrimchuk, A.G., Rybin, M.G. et al. GHz Repetition Rate of Picosecond Pulses in a Nd:YAG Waveguide Laser. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 46, 100–103 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335619030072
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Keywords
- waveguide lasers
- ultrashort pulses
- gigahertz pulse repetition rate
- Nd:YAG
- mode locking
- graphene