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Passive mode-locking of a diode-pumped Nd:BaY2F8 (Nd:BaYF) was achieved on four lines in the range 1040–1074 nm, employing a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SAM). Nearly Fourier-limited pulses with durations of 2.6 to 7.2 ps and output power ≈50 mW were generated in a dispersion-controlled resonator using a single prism for wavelength selection, tuning and dispersion management.
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Agnesi, A., Pirzio, F., Reali, G. et al. Picosecond Nd:BaY2F8 laser discretely tunable around 1 μm. Appl. Phys. B 100, 759–764 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4032-8
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