High power scaling of a passively modelocked laser oscillator in a bounce geometry

Abstract
In this paper we present the first operation and power scaling of a modelocked Nd:YVO4 bounce laser oscillator at 1064nm. We obtain up to 16.7W of average output power from 38W of pump power, in a continuous-wave modelocked pulse train with 30ps pulses at a repetition rate of 78MHz. We then use a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA) configuration utilising another bounce amplifier, to achieve 60W of modelocked output power.