Passive mode-locking with carbon nanotube saturable absorber in Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:Y0.9Gd0.1VO4 lasers operating at 1.34 μm

S V Garnov; S A Solokhin; E D Obraztsova; A S Lobach; P A Obraztsov; A I Chernov; V V Bukin; A A Sirotkin; Y D Zagumennyi; Y D Zavartsev; S A Kutovoi; I A Shcherbakov

doi:10.1002/lapl.200710040

Laser Physics Letters

Passive mode-locking with carbon nanotube saturable absorber in Nd:GdVO₄ and Nd:Y_0.9Gd_0.1VO₄ lasers operating at 1.34 μm

S V Garnov¹, S A Solokhin², E D Obraztsova¹, A S Lobach³, P A Obraztsov¹, A I Chernov¹, V V Bukin¹, A A Sirotkin¹, Y D Zagumennyi¹, Y D Zavartsev¹, S A Kutovoi¹ and I A Shcherbakov¹

Published 27 April 2007 • Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
Laser Physics Letters, Volume 4, Number 9 Citation S V Garnov et al 2007 Laser Phys. Lett. 4 648 DOI 10.1002/lapl.200710040

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¹ A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, 38, Vavilov str., Moscow 119991, Russia

² Kovrov State Technological Academy, 19, Mayakovskogo str., Kovrov 601910, Vladimir region, Russia

³ Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, RAS, Chernogolovka 142432, Moscow region, Russia

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Received 4 April 2007
Accepted 14 April 2007
Published 27 April 2007

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Abstract

A flash-lamp pumped passively mode-locked neodymium-doped vanadate lasers operated at 1.34 μm wavelength have been developed using a novel saturable absorber consisted of single-wall carbon nanotubes incorporated in a polymer matrix. Laser pulses with the output energy up to 50 μJ and the duration of 30 ps were generated.

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