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Passive mode-locking of a cw lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser using nonlinear polarization switching in a type-II SHG crystal is reported. Light pulses with more than 5 W of average power and pulse duration shorter than 25 ps have been obtained at 1064 nm.
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Received: 29 January 1999 / Revised version: 24 March 1999 / Published online: 1 July 1999
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Kubeček, V., Couderc, V., Bourliaguet, B. et al. 4-W and 23-ps pulses from a lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser passively mode-locked by polarization switching in a KTP crystal . Appl Phys B 69, 99–102 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050778
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050778