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4-W and 23-ps pulses from a lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser passively mode-locked by polarization switching in a KTP crystal

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Passive mode-locking of a cw lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser using nonlinear polarization switching in a type-II SHG crystal is reported. Light pulses with more than 5 W of average power and pulse duration shorter than 25 ps have been obtained at 1064 nm.

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  1. Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Břehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic, , , , , , CZ

    V. Kubeček

  2. Institut de Recherche en Communications Optiques et Microondes, UMR 6615 du CNRS, Faculté des Sciences, 123 av. A. Thomas 87060 Limoges, France (Fax: +33-5/5545-7514, E-mail: coudercv@ircom.unilim.fr), , , , , , FR

    V. Couderc, B. Bourliaguet, F. Louradour & A. Barthélémy

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Received: 29 January 1999 / Revised version: 24 March 1999 / Published online: 1 July 1999

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Kubeček, V., Couderc, V., Bourliaguet, B. et al. 4-W and 23-ps pulses from a lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser passively mode-locked by polarization switching in a KTP crystal . Appl Phys B 69, 99–102 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050778

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