Passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser at 912nm
Passively mode-locked Nd：GdVO4 laser at 912nm

This paper demonstrates the passively mode-locked Nd:GdVO\xj{4} laser operating on the \sj{4}$F_{3/2}$--$^4I_{9/2}$ transition at 912\,nm by using a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking, stable continuous wave mode-locked 912\,nm laser was achieved with a repetition rate of 176\,MHz. At the incident pump power of 17.7\,W, 22.6\,mW average output power of stable mode-locked laser was obtained with a slope efficiency of 0.3\%.