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Multi-GHz tunable-repetition-rate mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: We report on a simple design for a multi-GHz tunable-repetition-rate diode-pumped picosecond laser. Using a plano-Brewster Nd:GdVO4 crystal in a V-folded cavity employing only readily available commercial components, we achieved passive mode-locking with 4.4-ps pulses tunable in the range 2.5-2.7 GHz. This laser is meant to be employed in the MIR experiment that aims at the detection of the Schwinger radiation (dynamical Casimir effect).

Source: Optics Express

DOI: 10.1364/opex.13.005302

Authors: Antonio Agnesi, Federico Pirzio, Alessandra Tomaselli, Giancarlo Reali, Caterina Braggio

Institutions: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Pavia, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, University of Ferrara, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara

Language: English

Topic: Solid State Laser Technologies

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,270

OpenAlex ID: W2020837331

FWCI: 2.459

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