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Stable MHz-repetition-rate passively Q-switched microchip laser frequency doubled by MgO: PPLN

Mehner et al., 2013

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8822809024476945187
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Mehner E
Steinmann A
Hegenbarth R
Giessen H
Braun B
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Applied Physics B

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We present an Nd3+: YVO4 microchip laser that is passively Q-switched by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The system generates 520 ps pulses at 1064 nm with 340 mW average output power at up to 2.3 MHz repetition rate. Single longitudinal and transverse …
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