Passively mode-locked pulse generation in a c-cut Nd:LuVO₄laser at 1086 nm with a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror

Abstract

We demonstrate a diode-pumped passively mode-locked (ML) c-cut Nd:LuVO 4 laser with central wavelength at 1086 nm by shifting the reflectance band of the SESAM into a longer wavelength to result in larger loss around 1068 nm. At 15 W absorbed pump power, the highest output power of the ML pulse was about 2.6 W that corresponded to the 17.3% optical-to-optical conversion efficiency and the slope efficiency of laser was about 22.9%. Using our ML laser as the light source, we have also successfully measured the saturation fluence of the SESAM at 1086 nm.

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