Passively Mode-locked Nd:Cr:YAG Laser pumped by a Modular Scalable Solar Light Concentrator

• DOI: 10.1364/ose.2017.rw4a.2
• Publication Date: 2017-10-30T14:56:18Z
• Authors: Birger Seifert; R. A. Wheatley; R. Rojas-Aedo; S. Gonzalez; S. Wallentowitz; U. Volkmann
• Keywords: Concentrator; Picosecond

We demonstrate a passively mode-locked Nd:Cr:YAG laser which is solar-pumped by optical fibers. With the achievement of higher beam quality semiconductor saturable absorber mirror can be used to generate picosecond pulses.