Wavelength-Tunable Nonlinear Mirror Mode-Locked Laser Based on MgO-Doped Lithium Niobate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nonlinear Crystal | Phase Matching Method | Laser Crystal | Laser Output Characteristics | Reference | Year | ||||
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Wavelength (nm) | Pulse Width (ps) | Repetition Rate (MHz) | Power | Peak Power (kW) | |||||
LBO | BPM | Nd:YAG | 1064 | 10 | 100 | 0.7 W | 0.7 kW | [10] | 1994 |
KTP | BPM | Nd:YVO4 | 1064 | 7.9 | 150 | 1.35 W | 1.14 kW | [11] | 1997 |
LBO | BPM | Nd:YVO4 | 1064 | 6 | 200 | 2.5 W | 2.08 kW | [12] | 2001 |
LBO | BPM | Yb:YAG | 1031 | 9 | 82 | 0.9 W | 1.2 kW | [13] | 2003 |
KTP | BPM | Nd:GdVO4 | 1063 | 57 | 137 | 11.3 W | 1.4 kW | [14] | 2010 |
BiBO | BPM | Nd:GdVO4 | 1063 | 5.7 | 144 | 7.1 W | 8.6 kW | [14] | 2010 |
BiBO | BPM | Nd:YVO4 | 1064 | 14 | 110 | 12 W | 7.7 kW | [15] | 2010 |
BiBO | BPM | Nd:GdVO4 | 1063 | 12.7 | 100 | 16.8 W | 13 kW | [16] | 2012 |
BBO | BPM | TD-Yb:YAG | 1030 | 0.323 | 17.8 | 21 W | 3.6 MW | [22] | 2017 |
BBO | BPM | TD-Yb:YAG | 1030 | 0.426 | 9.3 | 66 W | 16.7MW | [23] | 2019 |
PPKTP | QPM | Nd:YVO4 | 1064 | 2.9 | 117 | 0.5 W | 1.3 kW | [17] | 2010 |
PPMgSLT | QPM | Nd:GdVO4 | 1064 | 3.2 | 107 | 1.4 W | 4 kW | [18] | 2010 |
PPMgSLT | QPM | Nd:YVO4 | 1342 | 3.6 | 120 | 0.8 W | 1.9 kW | [19] | 2011 |
PPLN PPLN MgO:LN | QPM QPM BPM | Nd:YVO4 Nd:YVO4 Yb:CALGO | 1342 1064 1039−1062 | 9.5 2.8 8 | 101 186 115.5 | 1.52W 1.3 W 1.46 W | 1.5 kW 2.49 kW 1.58 kW | [20] [21] Our work | 2011 2019 |
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Zhao, L.; Tong, L.; Cai, F.; Yuan, Y.; Cai, Y. Wavelength-Tunable Nonlinear Mirror Mode-Locked Laser Based on MgO-Doped Lithium Niobate. Crystals 2020, 10, 861. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10100861
Zhao L, Tong L, Cai F, Yuan Y, Cai Y. Wavelength-Tunable Nonlinear Mirror Mode-Locked Laser Based on MgO-Doped Lithium Niobate. Crystals. 2020; 10(10):861. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10100861
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Lina, Luyang Tong, Fangxin Cai, Ye Yuan, and Yangjian Cai. 2020. "Wavelength-Tunable Nonlinear Mirror Mode-Locked Laser Based on MgO-Doped Lithium Niobate" Crystals 10, no. 10: 861. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10100861