Efficient high-power terahertz beating in a dual-wavelength synchronously mode-locked laser with dual gain media

作者：Huang Y J; Tzeng Y S; Tang C Y; Chiang S Y; Liang H C; Chen Y F^*

来源：Optics Letters, 2014, 39(6): 1477-1480.

DOI：10.1364/OL.39.001477

We originally present a novel tactic to accomplish a compact efficient dual-wavelength synchronously mode-locked laser by physically combining the Nd:YVO4 crystal to the Nd: GdVO4 crystal as a composite gain medium. With the developed method, the total output power at 1.06 mu m could be effectually produced to reach 1.3 W under the optimally balanced two-color intensities. The corresponding mode-locked pulse width and repetition rate are measured to be 47 ps and 2.86 GHz, respectively. Through the optical beating between two carrier frequencies of dual-color synchronous pulses, a train of 0.32 THz ultrashort pulses is further generated with the effective duration of down to 1.6 ps.

• 出版日期2014-3-15